OT, but of interest to tradeskillers

[Aandaie]

The tradeskill thing in horizons does seem pretty cool.

One interesting thing is that you have a 100 percent chance of success, if you can make the item at all. They assume that you got the stuff, you have the skill, you should be able to make the thing.

GO FIGURE!

Then they throw in this kind of neat thing where you could maybe make a couple more, using less resources, but only at 75 percent chance instead of 100.

They have other weird stuff like even scribing recipes, you find on mobs and stuff. They also have a level bar thing which shows your class level and trade ones, nutty.

Several game sites have updated info about this stuff, after visiting horizons in some demo thing. I think I'm looking forward to playing this one.

www.istaria.com

[salomeasillverfrost]

Gee thats interesting, if Horizon's is vaporware why are people testing it right now? hmmmm

[Serenya]

Well, I don't know how it will do, but it isn't vaporware. I'm in beta, and I like it, it's different. Tradeskills are VERY different there.


As to horizons tradeskills, someone other then denmum would have to set it up, I think this site burnt her out

[Cantatus]

I've been keeping a close eye on this game for a few months. It seems like it could be a great game if everything goes as planned.

You can read a good FAQ here. This is my favorite aspect of their tradeskill system:

25 different blades can be placed on 25 different hilts, 10 unique tassels can be attached to the hilt, 10 shader effects can be placed along the blade or hilt, 10 particle systems can be placed along the blade or rotating around it, 3 socket slots in every item with 20 socket-able items in the game, combine this with 3 racial styles and 6 metal alloys usable by trades people allow for 675 million combinations of swords.

[kiztent]

Oh, heck, why not.

The rationale for the first spam ever sent was that even though it was off topic, it would still be of interest to the readers of the news groups in question.

Either way.