Now if there was actually a reasonable character limit per player then I would agree with you that it's a better system than Wurm's. In Wurm it at least takes ages to become 100% self-sufficient, I'm still not there after 7 years. Thus I think their current skill system is actually worse than in Wurm (though Wurm is certainly guilty of the same thing due to priests). Co-operation with other players for crafting purposes seems completely unnecessary. At that point you can do everything yourself, there's nobody out there who can craft something better than you. Within 2 to 5 months all your crafting skills can then be at 90. Their wiki lists 30 non-combat skills, so to get them all to 90 you need 2700 skill points, 5 characters with six skills at 90 each does the trick. Their site mentions you can grind a skill to 90 in 2-5 days, at which point you can do everything that's part of that skill (90-100 just gives titles and such, it doesn't make you better at the skill), so reaching the cap on your character can be done within two weeks to a month. Your effective skill cap depends only on the size of your wallet.Д«ut it gets worse, you say you can't skill everything up in UO? Well let's look at LiF some more. Thus the skill cap is nothing more than an artificial progression ceiling which is easily bypassed by paying more money. There is no difference between such a skill cap and the way Wurm does it, because in LiF you can effectively bypass the skill cap by paying for more characters! It's just a one time fee, not even a subscription. Focus on one group of crafting skills per character, once you cap them just create a new character and focus on other crafting skills there, until you have them all covered. Just have one character for combat, and multiple to cover all the crafting bases. You say Wurm botched it? I say LiF botched it (too). But LiF has a skill cap without limiting the amount of characters you can have. Wurm has neither, so you have total freedom. Ultima Online's skill system does not just have a skill cap, it also has a limitation in how many character slots you have. (or at least that is how UO used to work, and allow me to say, that aspect of the game was in my humble opinion, light years better than what we have in Wurm now) You cant fight with 3 alts at the same time, and you cant skill everything up, you are forced to be inventive in what skills you get, cooperate, and create strategies, instead of characters simply being separated by how many years have you grinded all related skills. In my experience it makes for much better characters and team interactions.

Wurm ALSO heavily borrowed how Ultima Online works, but I think they botched it by not including the skill caps like UO had. First, however, you need to get there.Thir skill system is directly 'borrowed' from Ultima Online, including the skill cap. Provided you can avoid running them into specific counter units like pikemen or camels, and steer clear of any defensive buildings, knights are strong enough to carve through villagers and beat most other units in Feudal and Castle Age. Related: Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition: Best Civilizations, RankedДЄ successful knight rush presents several challenges, like getting to the Castle Age quickly, having enough resources on arrival to produce knights, and conducting a ruthless raid once the army is ready. This method is popular for players of strong cavalry civilizations like the Franks or Persians, and it's also routine in multiplayer games and favoured most by вЂњpocketвЂќ players who have allied players on either side and who may not have to worry as much about getting attacked early on. One of the timeless strategies in Age of Empires 2 that remains effective, prevalent, and often unstoppable is the one called Knight Rush.

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