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I also just noticed that Spirit side has a total of 8 classes to take slots with, not including Shapeshifter.
I could be wrong, though. Like I said, I only have 7 slots, and those people who have 10 slots might decide to save their last 2 slots to get spirit classes or something for when they want to do a little lifey-wifey stuff, but I was curious!
On the other hand, the Vampire changes disproportionately affected Shadow-side players. While the tenth slot is still not useless, it does represent a loss of utility for which one side bears the brunt.
As for vampire changes, couldn't the same thing be applied to Monk/Zealot classes? Go to the great spark to channel your inner flame or go to a temple to channel your inner ki. I know tethering would stop undead characters from utilizing their inner spark (both lore and mechanically) but it could open it up for living people to channel it. Please educate me on it, but aside from being alive, are there any other lore elements that say a Spirean citizen can't channel flame?
Though, I forgot to say earlier I'm all for the streamlined changes that are happening. Looking forward to the new updates.
Vampires are a selling point of Aetolia, and a big draw for many of our newbies. By presenting two mostly-similar but still separate experiences in Praenomen and Bloodborn, we left too many opportunities for confusion and frustration. Bringing them together provides one Vampire experience with one set of rules and mechanics. We were never going to revamp Praenomen and Bloodborn separately to hold completely unique skills -- they were always going to share.
On the other hand, the Tekura classes are distinctly separate experiences. They each attract newbies, but not from the same sort of knee-jerk interest that Vampirism inspires in newcomers to Aetolia. Additionally, the eventual plan is to fully distinguish them from one another with unique skills and playstyles.
What is going to happen with style scrolls spent on BB? Will they roll over into Prae? Will being BB and Prae produce different results, like Elegant Praenomen vs Elegant Bloodborn?
I hope it's the last one, personally :P
I am by no means complaining or expressing a lack of appreciation for you when I say this, but I think we can both agree that you do not represent the average player trying to get the best value for his or her dollar. You are one of very few people who has reason to see a downside in what is essentially a free class. All I can do is emphasize that we're looking for ways to make lessons useful and hope that you'll believe me.
I am not sure if my complaint is less valid because I am not representing the average player, or whether the fact that I do not represent the average player at all is relevant in any way. I agree that these changes overall have been good for the game, but my past investments into the game (the 9th class slot and 5,292 lessons) now offer me no benefit at all, and your response to that is that I am not your standard customer or whatever.
Gee, that makes me feel a lot better.
Anyway.
The game was changed in a way that I was left with skill slots/lessons that I had paid credits for, but were no longer useful to me in any manner at all. You refunded the 10th class slot because it was of no use to me, but not the 9th, and.. you want me to be grateful that a less than a quarter of my now utterly useless investment was refunded?
When I voiced my concerns, I was met with two arguments; one, I am not the standard, average paying customer, and two, I have no use for credits anyway, so there's no point in being upset that my past purchases were essentially taken away from me. I should just sit and wait until the game offers me a way to use 11,287 lessons, and then I'll be fine.
Maybe I'm being ungrateful and unappreciative, but I still think it sucks. Don't get me wrong, I think these changes were all really cool, it's your reimbursement policy that rubs me the wrong way. I mean, it's your game and all, but I still feel justified in getting a bit upset in this particular situation.
EDIT:
I feel like I should clarify why I am upset. Credits represent an investment, either into the game, or earning real money to buy them from the website. When perks that I purchased for credits are removed from the game, or changed in a manner that makes them no longer beneficial at all, I feel like my investment has been taken away from me. That's what bothers me. The principle that a company I consider myself a loyal customer to took a part of my investment and rendered it completely unusable.
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."
Alternatively, I'm not against a higher blood expenditure, however, with the rate its at now, I feel like my blood expenditure is equal to a lvl 25 praenomen who has yet to be embraced by his Sire. Especially considering I run both Concentration AND have blood_thin lvl 3. So while I think the idea behind this is understandable, the expenditure is MUCH too high a rate.
However the blood issue is a big negative. I own the sarcophagus talisman artifact and will empty it in a few moments of combat. In fact in just one average mid-tier fight I can go through the stored corpses and the 100% blood I started with resulting in rage. At 5 seconds balance per feed this is not fun as it requires departing the room, returning to lost momentum and being stuck with the same issue all over again. Perhaps it can be reduced somewhat just to fix this for sanity sake. If not so be it, but it "bites" (pun).
Abhorash says, "Ve'kahi has proved that even bastards can earn their place."