SKILL LOCKS

[RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR]

Everyone knows skill locks/ups/downs are not era accurate so shouldnt we be rid of them? if anything else it will give it a more old timey feel

[Daolin]

Everyone knows skill locks/ups/downs are not era accurate so shouldnt we be rid of them? if anything else it will give it a more old timey feel

proof that they aren't?

[Hemperor]

well..everyone does know it, don't feel like grabbing evidence because it is well known amongst the staff as well...

I remember hearing a staff member recently say that they are built into the client either way, so it would be slightly confusing for new players.

EDIT: I think I'll have to retract my statement on this one, I believe it is stat locks that are out of era, skill locks were introduced at some point in T2A.

Sorry for the confusion!

[Stranger]

Skill and stat came in about the same time. I know there was no skill or stat lock at the start of t2a, but I believe it was introduced before REN. Anyways, who the hell wants to play without it? It was stupid back then and it'd be stupid now.

[RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR]

Skill and stat came in about the same time. I know there was no skill or stat lock at the start of t2a, but I believe it was introduced before REN. Anyways, who the hell wants to play without it? It was stupid back then and it'd be stupid now.

your right i suck thread closed

[Derrick]

Skill locks existed for most of the era, however Stat locks are indeed out of era.
We've discussed doing away with them, but I belive those little arrows are going to stay there either way which as said above is kind of confusing.
For a similar reasons we haven't corrected some of the spell reagent requirements which were changed after era, because they would still appear in the spell book as they do now.

[Finesse]

yep i second that skilllocks came in to my delight after being 7xgm 100000 times and 7x 99.9 100000 times mid t2a and is one of the best changes ever made.

[RoadKill]

The skill lock system is basically a stat lock system.

If all skills are locked, stats won't gain. Stat locks just made it a little easier to control your stats

[Barkoviak]

skill locks were added about a year before trammel. maybe less, I remember when they added it and i was pissed about it and they totally didnt announce it and my brother and I deleted a tamer we had because the skills werent going to be perfect about a week before this.

I just never liked it.

[Hernando_Kortez]

Stat Locks were not added till publish 16 and power scrolls came in. They were needed because of the stat cap being raised to 125 from 100.

[PillPuller]

Whew I remember having to shuffle around with snooping and spirit speak etc to get them to where I wanted them which was a huge pain in the tail. It was kinda luck of the draw to get them right.