Innate talent
Let’s say you max out all your professions, but you want to make another build on a different profile. You not only have to go through the entire story again (if you do not do starter pack,) you also have to go through all your professions, level your fleet, get gear, and do EVERYTHING all over again. This often turns people away from making new profiles, and possibly off of the game in general, because they don’t want to do everything over again.
Alright, let’s actually get into the suggestion. I would like it if we MAXED a profession on a profile (For example, we become a Legendary Bounty Hunter,) you will automatically get half of the experience you currently for that talent on your first profile to any future profile you make or just set a specific level. I believe this will take some of the dread off of creating a new profile, while still retaining some level of tediousness (And encouraging people to go over double the profession limit depending on the case you choose). More specifically, here’s a few paths you could take on implementation:
- Make the max profession badges be a key to giving you level 5 of that specific profession on any future profile you make. You still need to grind a bit on that profile, but it makes it a lot better for anyone trying to make a new profile.
- Take the experience you had on a profession, and half of that will be given to a new profile on creation. This would be a little harder to implement, but I’m just offering alternatives in case point 1 doesn’t work.
- Allow us to gain profession experience at twice the rate if we own a max profession badge on that specific profession. This will make it so we still have to level up the profession from scratch, but it will be far less tedious and be less likely to turn people away from making new profiles, hence increasing player retention while simultaneously increasing quality of life amongst people who play AO.
TL:DR: Professions are brutal to max, and doing it even once is just a pain. Now, imagine if you have like 5 profiles for various builds, you need to max professions not once, not twice, but five times. I am sure that not even the sweatiest no-life would want to do it that many times as it is now.
What do you all think? Any other ideas for how professions can be improved?
