Greetings,
After playing arround with Blue Mage, i got a interesting idea to share with you guys and would like to hear some thoughts on the matter.
A Skillbook.
I think every Job should have one in a similar way how BLU has. Not only would it make adding more skills in the future alot easier, it would also allow customisation for both competitive and "just out of fun" gameplay.
-How should Skills be obtained?
> through Quests or specific Dungeon/Trial Objectives, it could be something trivial like for Scholars case for example, make sure that no Tonberry is killed during a Wanderers Palace hard mode run or kill X amount of Enemies where you need to make the kill.
-From which Point should a Skillbook be granted?
>as soon as you get your Job Crystal. With every 2 Levels you gain, you gain a additional Slot from the number of active Skills that can be chosen from said Book. that would leave us at lvl80 with a total of 25 additional Skills and +5 Skills for every expansion, so in other words, barely any changes, but certain Jobs, such as Warriors, who have quite few skills to go by, would profit with this.
How exactly should the Skill List of the Skillbook look like?
>It should be divided into 2 categories, Active and Passive Skills, which should be quite self explaining. Both Active and Passive Skills WON'T share the same amount of Skillslots, since passive abilities can give room for great impact on performance, they could be limited by maybe one Skillslot every 5 levels, instead of 2 (The moment you get the Book, you start off with 6 Slots for passives to choose from). Unlike active Skills which need to be unlocked throughout Eorzea, Passive Skills are already written down into the Book and should have a good amount of selection to choose from (of which of course, you wont be able to choose all at once, which goes for both active and passive).
I am aware that, knowing Squeenix design choices on things, it is unlikely to happen, but how would you guys think of such a idea if it were to happen?
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After playing arround with Blue Mage, i got a interesting idea to share with you guys and would like to hear some thoughts on the matter.
A Skillbook.
I think every Job should have one in a similar way how BLU has. Not only would it make adding more skills in the future alot easier, it would also allow customisation for both competitive and "just out of fun" gameplay.
-How should Skills be obtained?
> through Quests or specific Dungeon/Trial Objectives, it could be something trivial like for Scholars case for example, make sure that no Tonberry is killed during a Wanderers Palace hard mode run or kill X amount of Enemies where you need to make the kill.
-From which Point should a Skillbook be granted?
>as soon as you get your Job Crystal. With every 2 Levels you gain, you gain a additional Slot from the number of active Skills that can be chosen from said Book. that would leave us at lvl80 with a total of 25 additional Skills and +5 Skills for every expansion, so in other words, barely any changes, but certain Jobs, such as Warriors, who have quite few skills to go by, would profit with this.
How exactly should the Skill List of the Skillbook look like?
>It should be divided into 2 categories, Active and Passive Skills, which should be quite self explaining. Both Active and Passive Skills WON'T share the same amount of Skillslots, since passive abilities can give room for great impact on performance, they could be limited by maybe one Skillslot every 5 levels, instead of 2 (The moment you get the Book, you start off with 6 Slots for passives to choose from). Unlike active Skills which need to be unlocked throughout Eorzea, Passive Skills are already written down into the Book and should have a good amount of selection to choose from (of which of course, you wont be able to choose all at once, which goes for both active and passive).
I am aware that, knowing Squeenix design choices on things, it is unlikely to happen, but how would you guys think of such a idea if it were to happen?
Continue reading...