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While I am on the topic of skill checks versus dedication, though, I feel I should point out something that is often conveniently ignored:
That's an awfully convenient double standard, don't you think? Skillers aren't allowed to have elite PvM items if they can't "earn them" the proper way. And yet PvMers are allowed to just buy high level skills and, as was stated earlier by Abby Taylor (I think), obtain hundreds and thousands of skilling items as a reward for their PvM activities.
So that's why something like Masterwork is, on paper at least, a good response to this problem. I say "on paper" because, of course, the time put into Masterwork can also largely be bypassed with cash. It's good to allow alternative ways to obtain similar or identical items. Just as long as there is still something about the item that is special and unique to PvM. It's important to not take away the prestige of PvM. But hey, while we're at it could we get the prestige of a skiller's time and dedication back again, please?
Oh and, a final note: salvage items were another nice addition because they stopped PvM from outright obtaining craftable armour. I'd personally like to see more of that style of update. Remove things like herbs and seeds, etc, from monster/boss drops and replace them with some sort of bio-salvage that can be used for something like base skilling supplies, rather than simply giving the end product as a drop directly.
Skiller achievements can, by in large, be "bought" through PvM.
It has been like this for years. Originally, skillcapes were supposed to be a sign of prestige for skillers. Of the dedication of countless hours of hard work put into a favourite skill. And yet look at them now. Everyone is running around with max capes. Especially the elite PvM crowd. Because it's a simple matter for them to bypass all that time and effort by simply buying their way to max levels through their vast PvM profits.
That's an awfully convenient double standard, don't you think? Skillers aren't allowed to have elite PvM items if they can't "earn them" the proper way. And yet PvMers are allowed to just buy high level skills and, as was stated earlier by Abby Taylor (I think), obtain hundreds and thousands of skilling items as a reward for their PvM activities.
So that's why something like Masterwork is, on paper at least, a good response to this problem. I say "on paper" because, of course, the time put into Masterwork can also largely be bypassed with cash. It's good to allow alternative ways to obtain similar or identical items. Just as long as there is still something about the item that is special and unique to PvM. It's important to not take away the prestige of PvM. But hey, while we're at it could we get the prestige of a skiller's time and dedication back again, please?
Oh and, a final note: salvage items were another nice addition because they stopped PvM from outright obtaining craftable armour. I'd personally like to see more of that style of update. Remove things like herbs and seeds, etc, from monster/boss drops and replace them with some sort of bio-salvage that can be used for something like base skilling supplies, rather than simply giving the end product as a drop directly.
23-Oct-2022 11:35:46
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