will they ever sort that damned ranged tree out

[iphdrunk]

. Only way to really make levelling speed 'fair' between the trees would be to award experience on a per time basis, so that longer fights give more experience..

Interesting point, but imho hard to implement and balance. And players would tend to artificially make fights longer if that meant more xp on a long time scale. Don't look too far, those who were here for Ryzom beta will remember how XP was earned then: action based, and without cap. The more you use a skill, the more you get xp. result? players killing kipees with cold 1 (more actions, thus more xp), spamming heals, etc.

Don't get me wrong, not saying that I can't be done, but when I think about it, ther are not a lot of new xp paradigms other than mob=cake with xp.

[sidusar]

Interesting point, but imho hard to implement and balance. And players would tend to artificially make fights longer if that meant more xp on a long time scale. Don't look too far, those who were here for Ryzom beta will remember how XP was earned then: action based, and without cap.

And you would say the current system, where elemental is twice as easy to level as anything else, is properly balanced then?

Per action, hmm? Also interesting, and actually more realistic than the current per kill system: Stunning a zerx a hundred times gives me no experience, but stunning it only once and then having my elementalist friend kill it does?
So... what was the problem with that system that caused it to be removed then? I don't really see it. I see that killing a kipee with cold-1 would give lots more experience, but it would also take a lot longer. Killing 1 kipee with 10 cold-1 spells or killing 5 kipees with 10 cold-4 spells; it would both take equally long and give equal experience.

[dakhound]

Can you please craft me one, q70 with some good speed on it. Will pay a good price for it.. =)

(matis though , otherwise I can't use my ammo on it)

actually I might just find time before I go to airport to make 1 and drop it in GH

ask spriteh for it (I hope he knows yer IG name he usually knows everyone)

dont worry bout dapper, will find some mats for an even better one when I get back but this will be sufficient for a while.

edit, gun made if you wanna collect it