Testing 218: Exoworlds, Blink, Rift and Umbris!

[MysticPandora]

@james

Any cunning ideas that allow us to limit the 11m+ XP gain whilst allowing XP for all actions??

This:

@a13o

What if the teaching pies were capped to a max amount of xp instead of a time limit? Kind of like a reverse death penalty. So double XP for your next 25,000 XP.

Also, this is a nice compilation of ideas:

@schasm

• Increase gathering XP across the board to compensate the loss
• Limit the amount of XP food can give you
• Make XP food expire whilst logged off
• Make the XP benefit a fixed number with infinite duration
• Reduce the amount of benefit by character level, e.g. 1-10 = 100% usual benefit, 11-20, 70%, 21-30 50%, 31-40 30%, 41-50+ 10%
• Reward other play activity fairly

That first and last bullet stand out to me.
K, symbolism time. Imagine boundless as a great tree. Huge, beautiful. Many branches make up a tree, and it all comes together nicely. But what if you realized that that tree is basically just three huge branches and everything can be cut off any make no overall appearance change? That’s how I feel certain jobs and skills are being treated.
Those smaller branches are being overlooked because the larger ones are more eye-catching.
I think the picture needs to be broken down more and focused on what just this one profession would do. Let’s say gatherer. How would someone who only gathers make their levels? How would someone who only cuts wood/foliage make their levels? Don’t take any other aspect like mining or forging into the equation.

I remember before I came to these forums I stopped gathering bc there was a sudden xp drop. I completely forgot the disappearance of xp for wood, but it does explain why I no longer use it, even though I like it better.
I have my answer now, and it saddens me.

Most games with cut and dry classes still give each class a fair way to level, or a balance. It’s harder in boundless with this current skill system, but maybe while reevaluating it that can be taken into consideration.

Also, this:

Poll: death penalty

To me, I can think of many times I’ve died to lag and ragequit for the day. Death penalty doesn’t add much to the game. You already have to reset to home. Honestly I’d just remove it, especially while there is lag, and especially with the big XP nerf coming. Both the death penalty and the XP nerf feel like attempts to sell cubits. If cubits weren’t available for real cash it might feel different. Note: you “lose” 3 plots for every 2 deaths. poll

While I don’t think there should be “no penalty” I do strongly disagree with the xp loss, and I think that’s also one of peoples’ big beefs and even why some use the rock xp method. My simple suggestion is change it to a timed debuff you have to be logged in for. The fact that there’s a skill to lower it shouldn’t even exist, because that points to the fact that it’s a known issue.
I will say this is the reason my husband doesn’t play anymore, and is a big reason I don’t bother anymore besides events and to check beacons.
Experience loss games are never played long in my personal history, and the only reason I’m still here is because I see a lot of beautiful potential, and the team’s involvement with the community and willingness to hash things out.