Guildleve Reforms (06/29/2011)

[Ropeydonkey]

Looks good, but like others have said, no real confidence they will be properly balanced straight away. I never understood how they ended up with certain leves massively more generous than others, how mobs of a similar type and level in one leve give completely different SP to those of another...

I think it comes back to manpower. Surely an small army of interns could deal with half of this stuff. Balancing rewards shouldn't be rocket science, and if making these kinds of changes IS that difficult... the engine is broken, probably beyond repair

[Spider-Dan]

I believe it should be fairly straightforward to balance, as long as they don't overthink it.

- completion SP reward is directly tied to star difficulty
- mobs give normal SP otherwise

In that way, the only difference between normally soloing mob x and killing it in a leve is the SP bonus at the end.

[blythe]

The skill point reward for local levequests will be issued to those of the corresponding class only. Similarly, completing a regional levequest as any class other than those recommended will yield no skill points.

I could see this being annoying.

[Cutriss]

I could see this being annoying.

It's merely an extension of the existing mechanic which says that DoL/DoH classes can't get the XP reward if they join in on battlecraft leves. They're just closing a loophole in advance.

[blythe]

It's merely an extension of the existing mechanic which says that DoL/DoH classes can't get the XP reward if they join in on battlecraft leves. They're just closing a loophole in advance.

Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but it sounds like they're not just talking about disciplines.

It's like how now you won't get guildmarks if you complete a leve as ARC rather than PUG if it's designated for pugilists. But most people didn't care because they weren't finishing the leves anyway, and guildmarks are useless.

If they're now making most of the SP come from the reward, you're pretty much screwed if a leve you are offered that reset isn't the class you were hoping to level.

[Corrderio]

Nah, it only applies so DoL/DoHs don't get SP from battlecrafts.

[blythe]

Nah, it only applies so DoL/DoHs don't get SP from battlecrafts.

Yea oops that actually does make more sense. Brain fart.

edit: and i also misread that too.