Leveling up magic

"Greg Johnson" <greg.gsj RemoveThis @gmail.com> skrev i en
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> On 14 Jul 2006 13:41:51 -0700, "Terry"
<kilowatt RemoveThis @charter.net> wrote:
>
>>I am a fighter. I do use heal and shield spells.
I happened to come
>>to a place in Oblivion's gate that had two magic
shrines one on each
>>side of a door to a tower. Inside there were two
more very close by.
>>
>>I tried a little experiment. I selected protect
spell. I don't
>>remember exactly how much mana it took but it was
around 10. I counted
>>the amount of times it took to advance in
alteration. Because of the 4
>>fountains I could have done this forever without
waiting.
>>
>>I then selected the defend/shield? spell. The
amount of mana it takes
>>is close to 18 or so. It takes the same amount of
casts to level up.
>>This is very wrong. The best way to advance your
skill is to use the
>>pussy spells. This is not only tedious and
un-entertaining but a lame
>>way for the game to be designed.
>
> It's exactly the same with other skills, too. A
dagger takes exactly the
> same number of hits to level as a claymore, though
the claymore does
> more damage. Buying and selling individual arrows
gives as much gain on
> Mercantile skill as trading in Daedric artifacts.
This is because they
> based their levelling system on the easy-to-measure
'effort used'
> instead of the slightly more complex 'results
gained', as early
> interviews implied they were planning. It isn't a
new complaint, though,
> as this is how the skill system worked in
Morrowind.
> --
> Greg Johnson
>

The advancement rate is matched to your current skill
level for that particular
skill. Just as training gets more expensive pr lesson
as you becomes more
proficient, the number of hits in order to advance
increases with higher skill
levels

merlin
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On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:31:24 +0200, "Merlin" <bech_dokNOSPAM.DeleteThis@yahoo.com>
wrote:

> The advancement rate is matched to your current skill
>level for that particular
> skill. Just as training gets more expensive pr lesson
>as you becomes more
> proficient, the number of hits in order to advance
>increases with higher skill
> levels

That's certainly true, but what I was complaining about is that it's an
increased number of successful skill uses, but harder or more worthwhile
use of your skills counts for nothing. If a rat hits you for 1 point of
damage, this trains your armour skill just as much as if an elder
minotaur hit you for 100 points. Negotiating the sale of an extremely
expensive daedric item counts for exactly as much as selling one iron
arrow, when it comes to learning mercantile. This tends to reward
players for things that shouldn't really be encouraged.
--
Greg Johnson
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