The Legend Book, the eternal grind that comes with wanting to make your character 'better'. How even just one point in a stat could make-or-break a fight. A person who doesn't bother with it being an eternal 6-7 points behind someone else who has (or more if the one without requires more stats). Defense and Res, even when a dodge build, helps-- same for Vitality, Faith, and Sanctity.

Not only this, but even people that don't want their character to do pve / pvp are given the shaft. They have to legend extend, at least once, to max out crafting to the level that allows them to actually make all the recipes of a profession. "Sorry sir, I've trained my entire life studying alchemy.. but I cannot swap out the materials of your gear for the flesh of another creature. Why? Because I haven't committed mass genocide."

It sounds stupid, and that's because it is. If you have to play a character that is constantly in RP (See: Villain characters, or just.. high ranking officials).. Legend Extending-- and being caught out-- is basically a death sentence.

Problem: Legend Extending is not simply a "fun bonus" but a necessity. Crafters, people wanting to get stats, et cetera.

• We acknowledge the Legend Extension system is not a good mechanic.
  
• Shifting the ASPECT Category from +1 potential to every stat (except Aptitude) to a global rework of racial stats, giving a +1 to all racial stats across the board. This has the exact same effect, but saves 6 Legend Extensions in total. 
  
• The PROFESSION Category can remain in the book, however instead of giving an extra level, it reduces taxes for the specific category, or allows the person to make items at an enhanced rate (or with a smaller phys/mental stamina cost) (NOTE: For this change to work properly, crafting will need to give two more levels. An additional CRAFTING level at 30, and 60, seems fitting.)
  
• The FATED Category is kind of silly, I would suggest moving this-- specifically-- to TRAITS.
  
• The TRANSFORMATION category doesn't exist on Korvara, but it is something that I would like to see expanded upon in another topic.
  
• The CREATIVITY category is just... Why is this here. Why do I have to grind to level 60 for this. Why. Remove this and just make it a base feature.
  
• The DESTINY category is a concept that is wild in nature. I absolutely adore it, but for reasons that should be fairly obvious. Deciding to go from a Destiny class, or into a Destiny class makes life very difficult and grindy. I would instead like to see an NPC on the map that, for a Murai fee, allows you to enter into a Destiny. It follows the same rules as normal destiny / undestinying.. wherein you have to grind to level the class back up to 50.. but that's it. It's a wonderful concept that, frankly, I wish was more open outside of "Guess I have to grind back up to level 60 to try and see if I like this concept."
  
• And finally.. KNOWLEDGE category. Have Deja Vu be applied anytime someone Legend Extends. You could have this drop the person back down to level 1 with a 50% bonus or something, or drop them to level 45 so that they can do just the last 15 levels over. Elic Re can be applied baseline. Just throw an extra Talent point every 10 levels (20/30/40/50/60). Norm No can give an extra trait point every 20 levels (20/40/60).
  
  

Divine Shower doesn't seem to trigger retaliatory effects at all (Such as Fang Faced Shield) or has the attack be negated by Body of Isesip, it doesn't trigger Battle Spirits or Chivalry either, this is exclusive to the skill it would seem like, as Enma's Summons behaves in an expected way with retaliatory effects.

Tested currently using both Battle Spirits/Chivalry and retaliatory effects, all of which are trigger instances of either multiple times, to both their benefit and detriment. I am listing off most of what I have found, whether they are intended to do so or not.

Rapid Kick

Currently chat arrows act as a form of cheating in the sense that you can use it to locate a target that's hiding via Create Shade quite easily. I do not think this is intended nor healthy for the game and should be disabled during battle. Use outside of battle is completely fine.


How to reproduce:
1. Turn on chat arrows in settings.
2. Enter battle and fight Create Shade user.
3. As soon as they use say or emote, presto you have their location.

Could we, if possible, get the volcano turtle boss guy in terra flama to drop Volcanic Enchants? That, or make them craftable maybe.. It's a build enabler for a lot of niche, fun builds, and I rather miss it.  Please, and thank you!

In my head, it makes sense for a parry to exist within MA. I prefer a parry that works against everything in some way or another, but a parry for fists, in general, would be really cool and I think it fits MA base class.

I don't really have anything else to say other than this. idk why I said parry I was thinking more of a riposte, my b

Could Summoner, the base class, get at least one or a few offensive/defensive skills to help them through lower levels? This is what I have in mind:

Quote:Pact Breaker

Offensive Spell
3 Ranks, 1 round Cooldown

Cannot be used if you are installed with a Youkai. Send a negative wave of spiritual energy that deals 100%/110%/120% of your Scaled Weapon Attack as Null magic damage on a target within 5 range. Deals 15%/20%/25% bonus damage to targets under a Transformation effect, and reduces the duration of Transformation effects by 1/2/3 rounds.

Quote:Spirit Addle

Offensive Spell
5 Ranks, 1 round Cooldown

Requires you to be Installed with a Youkai. Send a wave of spiritual energy on an enemy within 5 range, which may inflict them with Lingering Damage (Null) LV10/20/30/40/50 and Slow LV3 for 3 rounds.

Quote:Realm Barrier

Defensive Skill
3 Ranks

Grants Adaptive Armor LV(Summoner Class Level + 10/20/30) for 3 rounds to a target in 5 range. Duration and LV are doubled on Youkai. If used on self, this gains a 5 round Cooldown.

Quote:Form Sustain

Support Skill
3 Ranks, 4 round Cooldown

Heals target by 90%/100%/110% of your Scaled WIL (+10/20/30 bonus HP) to a target in 5 range. If the target is a Youkai, the cooldown is reduced by 3.

So. I'll put it here just so it can stand for the record but.... Why is it every time crafting is changed, the user experience for crafting large volume things like bandages, potions, or food tends to inevitably get worse?

 To go back to the old days, we had multi-craft chances, which was nice. Those got removed, and instead we got taxes on cutting turnips. And those kinda sucked, but recently we got those reduced in exchange for needing mental stamina.

I can't help but feel that's a downgrade for any who could pay the tax, when crafting beyond ten or twenty items a day.

 I've been told that the recent change was in regards to helping out Korvara and making life easier on them, as they'd be hurt more by the crafting fees than anyone on Sigro...

 If so... Why does it apply to Sigro characters as well? Why not have it be a toggle option in the crafting menu that you select before you start crafting?

 As it stands, an alchemist is incentivized to stuff their mouth as often as physically possible, and to craft when they're at high/full stamina regardless of when, where, or what is going on. This... Just seems wrong.




 Look, who knows, maybe this is part of some master plan to kill off the non-combatant merchants or something, but if it isn't.... Could we, like... Maybe add a mental workhorse equivalent? Or add a toggle to pay the old taxes instead of stamina? Punishing anyone who dares play something that isn't a combatant just strikes as a touch odd for a game that prides itself on a roleplay focus. It'd be like a D&D campaign saying you can play anything, but the whole game takes place in a spot with a coinflip chance of spells not working.

 Or even just letting us craft larger quantities in one operation, (if the mental stamina is meant to be burnout, then the true solution is obviously just... Get a bigger mortar/pot/alembic.), the best example coming to mind being rimworld letting you craft four meals at a time, for four times the cost, but it requires a higher skill at cooking.

 Of course, I could just be the odd one out here, but I'd at least be curious what people think about the topic and hearing if any better ideas could be proposed. I've been told to put a post here the times I've mentioned the topic.

Sorry if this came off as rude, or what have you. It's hard to really put this in to words in a formal manner, and while I tried, it's just not something I'm exactly good at. Thank you for reading this, and thank you for your time. I appreciate your thoughts and input on the idea.