Improving Professions and Resource Gathering 17/08/2015 - 16h30

Harvestable Resources

We completely changed the distribution of harvestable resources in the game. We have balanced all quantities of resources present in the game according to their level (the higher the level of the resource, the more rare it is). We have also improved the distribution of resources throughout the world: you can find resources on a much larger number of maps. Almost all areas of the game now have resources.

Here are some comparisons to illustrate the changes in the amount of resources between version 2.29 and version 2.30 (the amounts indicated for version 2.30 are intentionally rounded, we are continuing to work on value adjustments).

Alchemist:

Level	Name	Qty 2.29	%	Qty 2.30	%
1	Nettle	58	4%	600	22%
20	Sage	61	5%	500	18%
40	Five-Leaf Clover	316	24%	410	15%
60	Wild Mint	221	17%	330	12%
80	Freyesque Orchid	178	13%	260	9%
100	Edelweiss	143	11%	200	7%
120	Pandkin Seed	48	4%	150	5%
140	Ginseng	25	2%	110	4%
160	Belladonna	23	2%	80	3%
180	Mandrake	23	2%	60	2%
200	Snowdrop	233	18%	50	2%
	Total	1329		2750

Lumberjack:

Level	Name	Qty 2.29	%	Qty 2.30	%
1	Ash Wood	527	23%	600	16%
20	Chestnut wood	445	20%	500	13%
40	Walnut Wood	228	10%	410	11%
60	Oak Wood	140	6%	330	9%
70	Bombu Wood	99	4%	295	8%
80	Maple Wood	203	9%	260	7%
90	Oliviolet Wood	86	4%	230	6%
100	Yew Wood	64	3%	200	5%
110	Bamboo Wood	60	3%	175	5%
120	Cherry wood	59	3%	150	4%
130	Hazel Wood	21	1%	130	3%
140	Ebony Wood	35	2%	110	3%
150	Kaliptus Wood	39	2%	95	3%
160	Hornbeam Wood	21	1%	80	2%
170	Dark Bamboo Wood	62	3%	70	2%
180	Elm Wood	11	< 0%	60	2%
190	Holy Bamboo Wood	3	< 0%	55	1%
200	Aspen Wood	179	8%	50	1%
	Total	2282		3800

 

Miner:

Level	Name	Qty 2.29	%	Qty 2.30	%
1	Iron	224	12%	300	20%
20	Copper	159	9%	250	17%
40	Bronze	177	10%	205	14%
60	Cobalt	129	7%	165	11%
80	Manganese	117	6%	130	9%
100	Tin	190	10%	100	7%
100	Silicate	57	3%	100	7%
120	Silver	212	11%	75	5%
140	Bauxite	208	11%	55	4%
160	Gold	225	12%	40	3%
180	Dolomite	61	3%	30	2%
200	Obsidian	94	5%	25	2%
	Total	1853		1475

Farmer:

Level	Name	Qty 2.29	%	Qty 2.30	%
1	Wheat	2073	32%	600	20%
20	Barley	260	4%	500	17%
40	Oats	686	11%	410	14%
60	Hops	454	7%	330	11%
80	Flax	693	11%	260	9%
100	Rye	686	11%	100	7%
100	Rice	210	3%	100	7%
120	Malt	330	5%	150	5%
140	Hemp	562	9%	110	4%
160	Corn	96	1%	80	3%
180	Millet	82	1%	60	2%
200	Frosteez	300	5%	50	2%
	Total	6432		2750

Fisherman:

A comparison with the values ​​present in version 2.29 is not possible because the way that fishing works has been changed.
 

Level	Name	Qty 2.30	%
1	Gudgeon	300	12%
10	Grawn	275	11%
20	Trout	250	10%
30	Crab Surimi	225	9%
40	Kittenfish	205	8%
50	Breaded fish	185	7%
60	Ediem Carp	165	6%
70	Shiny Sardine	150	6%
80	Pike	130	5%
90	Kralove	115	4%
100	Eel	100	4%
110	Grey Sea Bream	85	3%
120	Perch	75	3%
130	Blue Ray	65	3%
140	Monkfish	55	2%
150	Sickle-Hammerhead Shark	50	2%
160	Lard Bass	40	2%
170	Cod	35	1%
180	Tench	30	1%
190	Swordfish	25	1%
200	Icefish	25	1%
	Total	2585

 

Consumables Recipes

Almost all consumables recipes have been modified:

• They have been simplified (fewer types of ingredient):
  • At low levels recipes only use one ingredient.
  • Recipes only incorporate resources from monsters if the item requires level 40 profession or higher
• The dependency on other professions has been reduced:
  • Only after level 20 do recipes use ingredients from other professions.
  • When ingredients come from other professions, they are lower in level than the main job level required and are in smaller amounts.
• Hit points gained through consumables are reduced accordingly.

Items used only for other jobs recipes (eg the concoctions) can no longer be made and can be used to retrieve the ingredients that were used to make them.
With these changes we hope to facilitate low-level progress in consumable manufacturing professions. It should no longer be necessary to advance several harvest professions in parallel for players who do not wish to rely significantly on trade.

 

A Hunter who Hunts Hunting

In version 2.29, almost every monster family has a specific meat. This operation makes the progression of the Hunter profession too restrictive because the number of different meats is very important and they can usually only be obtained in one area. This operation also involves the addition of a new type of meat and their recipes associated with each new monster family added to the game. In version 2.30 we decided to proceed in a different way, we now have 21 different meats that are more generic and can be used by several different monster families.

Old types of meat that no longer exist can be converted into new types of meat. Old types of meat that still exist cannot be converted, as they are still usable. Old meat is now changed to one of two new categories: Expired Meat (resources) and Primitive Meat (consumables); old types of meat are no longer available in the markets.

List of meats:
 

Level	Name
1	Ethereal Meat
10	Ground Meat
20	Rotten Meat
30	Contaminated Meat
40	Mineral Meat
50	Tender Meat
60	Miserly Meat
70	Corrupted Meat
80	Blood-Soaked Meat
90	Stale Meat
100	Exsudative Meat
110	Dried meat
120	Bloody Meat
130	Marbled Meat
140	Macerated Meat
150	Bushmeat
160	Fresh Meat
170	Lean Meat
180	Spoiled Meat
190	Black Meat
200	Tasty Meat

 
 

Every Fish has a Past, and Every Fisherman a Future

All types of fish now have a dedicated and identifiable harvest location. So you can choose which fish you want to fish more easily.


All fish have a protector allowing additional quantities of resources to be obtained.

This profession now has 21 different fish, which provides greater progression flexibility to the role (a new type of fish can be harvested every ten levels).
 

Smithmagic Job Progression

In Version 2.29 the progression of the smithmagic professions during the first levels was too difficult. We modified the xp formula to facilitate this growth, particularly in the early levels.

 

Obtaining Smithmagic Runes

Since the introduction of the new smithmagic rune generation system, we use a history of item destruction whose size is deliberately limited (the number of old items crushed are progressively into account less and less when calculating bonuses or penalties applied to items as time goes on). This history cannot be too long because we do not want new items in the game to benefit from an excessively large bonus compared to the old items which have been in the game for a long time (and logically account for a significant number of total crushes).

In version 2.30 we decided to increase the size of this history. The most commonly crushed items will incur major penalties but items crushed less often will get bigger bonuses.
We are aware that the changes to the smithmagic rune generation mechanism and to professions have generated significant changes in the price and scarcity of most runes. Our goal is not to make forgemagic excessively elitist, we do hope that it remains accessible but we want to make sure that the most powerful items (typically those with "exotic" forgemaging) are not commonplace either.
 

Manufacture of Mass Produced Goods

In Version 2.29, the production of mass produced items could be too long and difficult to follow (as the chat interface is spammed with manufacturing object messages). Each manufacturing request was dealt with separately, which implied a potentially large load for game servers, forcing us to delay each production.
In version 2.30 we have modified this operation and mass production of items are now processed at the same time, all objects are instantly made. We felt it was no longer relevant to make players "wait" in front of their craft interface without them being able to actually interact with the game during the production of their objects.

Deployment

These changes can be tested in version 2.30 BETA.