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N0t Maxed
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N0t Maxed

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I've yet to see a good, non-opinion based argument as to why Sailing should not pass.

People want Dungeoneering, and this gives you access to new resources like DG did, yet this is inferior for some reason?

Summoning wasn't spectacular either. A tedious way to train, camping waterfiends on end for an item used to make a pouch, the only real way to train the skill. You literally did not even have to summon anything to train summoning.

I'll be voting yes and I encourage the nay-sayers to wait for the next dev blog on it.

07-Aug-2015 19:15:31

Rancor
Sep Member 2020

Rancor

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N0t Maxed said :
I've yet to see a good, non-opinion based argument as to why Sailing should not pass.

People want Dungeoneering, and this gives you access to new resources like DG did, yet this is inferior for some reason?

Summoning wasn't spectacular either. A tedious way to train, camping waterfiends on end for an item used to make a pouch, the only real way to train the skill. You literally did not even have to summon anything to train summoning.

I'll be voting yes and I encourage the nay-sayers to wait for the next dev blog on it.


Great post, and I agree with every point you made. I'm interested to see where Sailing goes, and it concerns me that so many people immediately jump to an uninformed extreme of "no bad" or "muh nostalgia" before even having information.

07-Aug-2015 19:17:37

HenningB

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07-Aug-2015 19:17:47

TzTok-HugCok
Nov Member 2021

TzTok-HugCok

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Rancor said :
N0t Maxed said :
I've yet to see a good, non-opinion based argument as to why Sailing should not pass.

People want Dungeoneering, and this gives you access to new resources like DG did, yet this is inferior for some reason?

Summoning wasn't spectacular either. A tedious way to train, camping waterfiends on end for an item used to make a pouch, the only real way to train the skill. You literally did not even have to summon anything to train summoning.

I'll be voting yes and I encourage the nay-sayers to wait for the next dev blog on it.


Great post, and I agree with every point you made. I'm interested to see where Sailing goes, and it concerns me that so many people immediately jump to an uninformed extreme of "no bad" or "muh nostalgia" before even having information.

07-Aug-2015 19:22:26

AsheZ

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I really really really cannot see how this would work as a skill concept. XP for building ships? But isn't that kinda construction? XP for navigating new routes. Glorified Temple Trekking. How will exploring work? Do I just ride around on my ship until an RNG event happens giving me XP, or will I just get XP for being on the sea? This seems like more of a minigame to me.

07-Aug-2015 19:25:42

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