Training and Sparring:
Before
you begin training, you need a basic understanding of how skill points
are earned. First of all, each day (real time) your set maximum number
of possible skill points is set at 50. To check how many skill points
you've earned today type skills.
This will list all your skills, their ranks and how many unspent skill
points you currently have in each skill set. At the bottom of the list
will be shown how many total skill points you have earned, from all
your skill sets, during the current training day. Below this will be
shown the time remaining until the next training day starts.
Skill points will be earned at a high rate for each successful action at the beginning of each training day, but will gradually begin to diminish. If you perform a specific actions (gladius swat for example) a number of times that day it will beginning to earn less and less skill points for each successful use. Combat against certain types of opponents (such as rats, osecars, angry gulls, etc.) will also diminish over time.You will probably find that your skill point gain has fallen to .01 or .02, no matter what you do, before to reach your 50 point daily maximum. I, myself, rarely train beyond 30 or 40 points on a given day before throwing in the towel and going off to have some fun in town.
To best maximize your skill point gain during a given training day, I recommend following these steps.
1) Wear yourself out (hunt until fatigued) at one hunting ground or training activity at a time. Example: hunt the sewers first, rest in the baths, then hunt the signal tower island, rest again, then spar with a friend, rest, etc. Personally, I always start my day (with a new character) on Signaltower island, then rest, then train on a practice dummy, rest, hit the sewers, and finally, if I want to train anymore or test my style, I spar with a friend or two.
2) Learn three to five moves with your weapon as soon as possible. As skill point gain diminishes the more you use a specific attack, learn more than one and alternate between them with each new opponent or animal. Example: club swat your target, then club strike, then smash, then crush, then repeat.
3) Hunt a variety of animals and opponents. Don't just hunt one type of critter, go after every type available in the hunting ground you are in. If you are sparring, don't wear yourself out on one person. If you are going to wear yourself out sparring, trying doing so with two or three different opponents.
4) Easier attacks hit more often. Remember that you will hit more often with easy moves, such as staves swat, than your harder moves. As such, by the time you go for your second or third training sessions you will probably find that each successful "swat" is earning a lot less skill points than your harder moves are. If you have a decent rate of success with your harder moves, say about 30% to 40% success, try focusing more on them before quitting for the day.
Skill points and training dummies.
Very important. Read before you use the practice dummies as part of your initial training.
Skill points will be earned at a high rate for each successful action at the beginning of each training day, but will gradually begin to diminish. If you perform a specific actions (gladius swat for example) a number of times that day it will beginning to earn less and less skill points for each successful use. Combat against certain types of opponents (such as rats, osecars, angry gulls, etc.) will also diminish over time.You will probably find that your skill point gain has fallen to .01 or .02, no matter what you do, before to reach your 50 point daily maximum. I, myself, rarely train beyond 30 or 40 points on a given day before throwing in the towel and going off to have some fun in town.
To best maximize your skill point gain during a given training day, I recommend following these steps.
1) Wear yourself out (hunt until fatigued) at one hunting ground or training activity at a time. Example: hunt the sewers first, rest in the baths, then hunt the signal tower island, rest again, then spar with a friend, rest, etc. Personally, I always start my day (with a new character) on Signaltower island, then rest, then train on a practice dummy, rest, hit the sewers, and finally, if I want to train anymore or test my style, I spar with a friend or two.
2) Learn three to five moves with your weapon as soon as possible. As skill point gain diminishes the more you use a specific attack, learn more than one and alternate between them with each new opponent or animal. Example: club swat your target, then club strike, then smash, then crush, then repeat.
3) Hunt a variety of animals and opponents. Don't just hunt one type of critter, go after every type available in the hunting ground you are in. If you are sparring, don't wear yourself out on one person. If you are going to wear yourself out sparring, trying doing so with two or three different opponents.
4) Easier attacks hit more often. Remember that you will hit more often with easy moves, such as staves swat, than your harder moves. As such, by the time you go for your second or third training sessions you will probably find that each successful "swat" is earning a lot less skill points than your harder moves are. If you have a decent rate of success with your harder moves, say about 30% to 40% success, try focusing more on them before quitting for the day.
Skill points and training dummies.
Very important. Read before you use the practice dummies as part of your initial training.
Training dummies effect your skill point expenditures in
a peculiar way. Learn too many manuveurs or gain too many ranks in your
weapons or other fighting skills and the skill point gain from training
dummies to fall to practically nothing for you. This can effect you in
several ways:
1) You cannot have a total of 10 ranks in your primary weapon and still earn a normal amount of skill points with a training dummy. This means that, for example, you can have your basic staves at rank 5 and four manuveurs at rank 1 (total = 9) and still earn skill points normally from a training dummy. If, however, you were to learn one more manuveur or learn one more rank in basics or one more rank in any of your manuveurs you would have a total of 10 ranks in your primary weapon. At that point you would no longer be able to earn any more than 0.01 skill points per successful hit on a training dummy.
2) If you learn a second weapon the conditions in the first point apply to it as well. Furthermore, if you earn 10 or more total ranks in either weapon skill, your skill point yield from dummie drops to near nothing for both (or, for that matter, any) weapons. For example: You can have staves basic to rank 5 with two manuveurs at rank 2 each (total = 9) as well as knives at basic rank 4 with five manuveurs at rank 1 each (total = 9) and still earn skill points from dummies as usual.
3) If you learn either Armed Combat Manuveurs or Shields (or even both), you can raise your basic rank and all the manuveurs you like up to rank 10 without suffering the skill point drop on dummies for your weapon(s). For example: You can have ACM's basic at rank 10 or less and any number of the ACM manuveurs at rank 10 or less and still work the dummy as usual. If any basic ACM or Shields rank or any ACM or Shields manuvuers rises higher than 10, your skill point gain from training dummies will drop to the 0.0 - 0.01 range.
4) You can use your skill points from your primary, or any other weapon skill, to learn ACM's or Shields. If you are using practice dummies as part of your initial training, take advantage of this. Train up to 9 total ranks in your weapon, then learn ACM's and/or Shields (as well as any and all of their manuveurs you like) to rank 10 before advancing any further in your weapon. Use whatever skill points you gain in your weapon to learn your ACM or Shields manuveurs.
1) You cannot have a total of 10 ranks in your primary weapon and still earn a normal amount of skill points with a training dummy. This means that, for example, you can have your basic staves at rank 5 and four manuveurs at rank 1 (total = 9) and still earn skill points normally from a training dummy. If, however, you were to learn one more manuveur or learn one more rank in basics or one more rank in any of your manuveurs you would have a total of 10 ranks in your primary weapon. At that point you would no longer be able to earn any more than 0.01 skill points per successful hit on a training dummy.
2) If you learn a second weapon the conditions in the first point apply to it as well. Furthermore, if you earn 10 or more total ranks in either weapon skill, your skill point yield from dummie drops to near nothing for both (or, for that matter, any) weapons. For example: You can have staves basic to rank 5 with two manuveurs at rank 2 each (total = 9) as well as knives at basic rank 4 with five manuveurs at rank 1 each (total = 9) and still earn skill points from dummies as usual.
3) If you learn either Armed Combat Manuveurs or Shields (or even both), you can raise your basic rank and all the manuveurs you like up to rank 10 without suffering the skill point drop on dummies for your weapon(s). For example: You can have ACM's basic at rank 10 or less and any number of the ACM manuveurs at rank 10 or less and still work the dummy as usual. If any basic ACM or Shields rank or any ACM or Shields manuvuers rises higher than 10, your skill point gain from training dummies will drop to the 0.0 - 0.01 range.
4) You can use your skill points from your primary, or any other weapon skill, to learn ACM's or Shields. If you are using practice dummies as part of your initial training, take advantage of this. Train up to 9 total ranks in your weapon, then learn ACM's and/or Shields (as well as any and all of their manuveurs you like) to rank 10 before advancing any further in your weapon. Use whatever skill points you gain in your weapon to learn your ACM or Shields manuveurs.
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