Ryzom

Hello all.

Something that always worries me about skill based games is that in order to be any use or good you have to be good at everything and because everyone can be everything anyone who has a roleplay idea in mind that involves picking one thing and sticking with it is going to end up very weak and worthless.

In SoR how long would a mostly melee (very little crafting or magic) homin last? What about mostly Magic with very little of anything else? Should I give up any hope of being a homin swords master with no interest in finger waving? Is both crafting and gathering a must?

It seems most of the new content for the game has been PvP, has there been any new PvE content? I don't mind PvP and enjoy it a lot but really prefer PvE. Also is it going to be a long long time before I get to have any of the outpost fun I've been reading about?

Thanks for the help.

Greetings and welcome my friend.

As Atys is a living planet each Homin are free to choose their own path.
If you wish to be a wielder of swords you can do this as much as you wish, there are no requirements which demands that you have knowledge in other skills if youself do not wish to. Every Homin walking on Atys is equally important, no matter what knowledge and skills they have.
If you wish to be a caster of spells and focus on your magical abilities it be the same, all Homins are free to chose what ways they wish to walk. And if you wish to work with both ones this is also possible.

Those that wields the swords and pikes are the ones on the front line whom takes the hits from the agressor, those that casts spells often are a little behind the swordsmen as they attack with their full might. Behind these are those Homins that cares and heals and gives strength to the others. And every of these Homins carries armors, weapons and jewels made by those that harvests and crafts. So whatever you choose as your path my friend, everyone is equally important.
Do what you feel be right in your heart.
The freedom is in your hands my friend.

// Drakfot

Just melee is possible, loads of people do it, but i would recommend getting a few levels in healing magic also, so that you can heal your healers sap between fights whilst teamed.

Welcome to Atys! *huggles*

I´m mostly Mage. I say mostly because I´ve lvld up a bit of Melee just for the HP you get with it.
Thats´not a must, but it helps in not being the "frail caster (read "nerd") with his nose in the Books" RPwise
Still I´ve got a lot less HP then most Melee Warriors. Even with good HP Bonus Jewels.
But, I enjoy it anyway.
Hope you do too.

Welcome
Acridiel of Leanon

You can quite easaly be a pure class.
Meele, with heavy armor, most people wont be castign spells anyway due to high penaltys, so as logn as you enjoy meele all the time you will be fine
Magic, again is fine, you will have 1/2 the hit points than someone with the fighter tree but you will hopefully be avoiding being hit by being in a group.

I would how ever recmend rising some healing, if your the lat person alive in your group you will kick yourself for not being able to rez (been there ><)

As for craft/harvest. i dont raise either