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    An Arx Peeve Thread

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    • SolsticeS
      Solstice
      last edited by Solstice

      I only recently started accumulating socials and I’m like 4000xp deep after 3.5 years.

      Cost for Combat 6: 5500 XP. WELP.

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      • saoS
        sao
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        Yeah I do think the result of a shakeup on the cost of socials would be like OMG BUT THE DINOSAURS HAVE THEM ALL ALREADY IT’S UNFAIR

        which it probably would be but like, that’s why catchup XP exists in concept. Arx hasn’t solved the dinosaur problem, I know (as a very lazy dinosaur myself) but it does at least TRY.

        let it be a challenge to you

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        • HerjaH
          Herja @sao
          last edited by

          @sao I think with catch-up xp being a thing and social skills being wildly more useful now than they were earlier in the game, all skill buys should be on the same ladder, whether that is the current social skill or current combat skill xp ladder. I think the way to combat the dinosaur problem isn’t by taxing or not taxing certain skills, but by making sure that PCs at all skill levels are being given opportunities to grow and advance through plots or other activities depending on their character goals. I know that I tend to crack down pretty hard on people who gatekeep plot based on the sheet.

          lol lmao

          It's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me

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          • NarsonN
            Narson
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            I’ve never found skills to be the biggest issue on Arx in any direction. I buy them, I have them, I’m OK, I’m not brilliant, some are better, but that doesn’t stop me being aces.

            Of course, my big problem is I haven’t been able to look or go north or east for a week

            When someone shows you who they are, over and over again? Believe them.

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            • crawfishC
              crawfish @Narson
              last edited by

              @Narson This is a known glitch, please report it! I think restarting the server is the fastest way to fix it.

              I draw things! http://www.mahaldoodles.com

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              • NarsonN
                Narson @crawfish
                last edited by

                @crawfish I did an +askstaff! As @Roz told me to. I do not question the Roz. Roz knows all. Roz is all.

                zathras

                When someone shows you who they are, over and over again? Believe them.

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                • crawfishC
                  crawfish @Narson
                  last edited by

                  @Narson Gonna start calling it the Glenda Glitch.

                  I draw things! http://www.mahaldoodles.com

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                  • hellfrogH
                    hellfrog @sao
                    last edited by

                    @sao said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                    Yeah I do think the result of a shakeup on the cost of socials would be like OMG BUT THE DINOSAURS HAVE THEM ALL ALREADY IT’S UNFAIR

                    which it probably would be but like, that’s why catchup XP exists in concept. Arx hasn’t solved the dinosaur problem, I know (as a very lazy dinosaur myself) but it does at least TRY.

                    Do you know the best way to solve the dinosaur problem?

                    meteor

                    fr fr
                    (she/her)

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                    • HerjaH
                      Herja @hellfrog
                      last edited by

                      @hellfrog bet

                      lol lmao

                      It's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me

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                      • crawfishC
                        crawfish @hellfrog
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                        @hellfrog DON’T ENCOURAGE @Herja !

                        I draw things! http://www.mahaldoodles.com

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                        • JennkrystJ
                          Jennkryst @hellfrog
                          last edited by

                          @hellfrog Even though my character should technically be a Dino, she has been on the roster so long she still has pretty low stats, I think. So this is fine.

                          Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
                          She/her

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                            dvoraen @sao
                            last edited by

                            @sao said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                            Today my Arx peeve is when I see the watch notification for someone logging off and think it is the watch notification for them logging on so I get excited and then sad.

                            I get sad about this everytime @tsar logs off.

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                            • saoS
                              sao @dvoraen
                              last edited by

                              @dvoraen HOW DID YOU KNOW WHO I WAS POSTING ABOUT

                              let it be a challenge to you

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                                dvoraen @sao
                                last edited by

                                @sao said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                                @dvoraen HOW DID YOU KNOW WHO I WAS POSTING ABOUT

                                psychic

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                                • kalakhK
                                  kalakh @Tez
                                  last edited by kalakh

                                  @Tez said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                                  My incendiary XP opinion is that social skills are so highly useful now they should be taxed as well – or else, OR ELSE. The combat tax should be removed.

                                  But no one bites when I set this out to start fights.

                                  My incendiary XP opinion is that the survival skill should be dunked in gasoline so it can be lit on fire so that it can die in a fire and then we can scoop out the ashes and split them into two different skills or maybe just nuke the combat portion entirely and make up the difference in save checks and then make the survivor Not A Combat Skill and then it can sit in the corner and think about what it’s done.

                                  Oh and also stealth shouldn’t be a combat skill either. Unless we implement a roll for extremely dishonorable yet literal backstabbing, which would be choice.

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                                  • EvilgraysonE
                                    Evilgrayson @kalakh
                                    last edited by

                                    @kalakh Also splitting Survival into two would help sort out Streetwise. Is it the Survival of the urban wastelands, and if so why do I need Survival as well?

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                                    • RucketR
                                      Rucket
                                      last edited by Rucket

                                      My Arx thoughts & prayers as someone who has very little of the experiences the rest of ya’ll have but I wanted to contribute something to this thread.

                                      • I would kinda like a @sheet that was just stats/skills/abilities no muss, no fuss. The demographic stuff is aight, but I feel like a simple sheet is always nice just for quick reference.
                                      • Would be cool to have knacks display on the main sheet without a need for @knacks. Using my character as an example, he has a Command+Leadership knack, so some kind of * or something next to his leadership skill might be a nice small visible notation that there’s more here than meets the eye.
                                      • Agree with people talking about equalizing skill costs. Maybe everything should be on the same level of combat skills for better XP balance?
                                      • Would love to see knack information on the website with the rest of the sheet information.
                                      • EDIT: would also love to see Domain skill information on the website. My dude has Income and that isn’t displayed on the website-based stat area.
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                                      • JennkrystJ
                                        Jennkryst @Rucket
                                        last edited by

                                        @Rucket said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                                        … Knacks

                                        … holy fuck, another command I am just now finding out about, send halp.

                                        Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
                                        She/her

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                                        • saoS
                                          sao @Jennkryst
                                          last edited by

                                          @Jennkryst Yeah unfortunately the game is great but the documentation ain’t.

                                          let it be a challenge to you

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                                          • SolsticeS
                                            Solstice @kalakh
                                            last edited by

                                            @kalakh said in An Arx Peeve Thread:

                                            My incendiary XP opinion is that the survival skill should be dunked in gasoline so it can be lit on fire so that it can die in a fire and then we can scoop out the ashes and split them into two different skills or maybe just nuke the combat portion entirely and make up the difference in save checks and then make the survivor Not A Combat Skill and then it can sit in the corner and think about what it’s done.

                                            Maybe we can call it “Stability” or something, and have it govern your agility skill.

                                            dark souls 2

                                            That said, I totally agree. I want to be sturdy in a fight without suddenly being an amazing expert at what berries are edible in the desert or to see a wisp of cloud moving against the wind with my elf eyes.

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