ardesia wrote:I think dwarfs should have bonuses on mining and crafting instead of mining and chopping.
Basing on fantasy literature review, they are great miners and crafters, while wood is quite outside their usual reach or interest.
Think about the legendary gears they craft in all classic books!
It would be more consistent with narrative world
Dwarves and Freya's are great melee fighters, fighting with Axes...doesn't mean, that they are also automatically great lumberjacks proficient using another type Axe for Tree-felling.
Same goes for Mining, we all know they were Great Miners, but did you think perhaps, because they have had Crafted some Mighty Mithril Tools of Legendary Dwarven Quality Craftmanship, No Mortal Man can make from Legends Lore...? Probably was a peace of cake to them, the Right Tool for the Right Job equals Efficiency...
Using creative imagination, it could be there Quality of Tools that made them such Awesome Miners and decent Tree-fellers based off their History of Craftmanship Skills...so to a degree...I agree with the Craftsmanship, even if it means nerfing the Mining and/or Tree-felling, based off their Great Skills on Making Great Tools of Legend
lol just to balance and refine it
And it's true, I got a few buddies on here who have Dwarves, because of the Nature of Crafting out of RolePlaying we all grew up with and have grown to love, from many RPG's like D&D, ElfQuest, Warhammer, Forgotten Realms Gully Dwarves lol something like that..
I would suggest having the Tree-felling at either .75 or the default 1.0....and put Crafting to 1.25 Based on the Legendary Dwarven CraftmanShip dealing with Mithril....in Stories of Old...Plus they were great at Crafting Mighty SiegeWarFare Machines...they should or I suggest based off putting Tree-felling to .75 or default 1.0, I suggest Dwarves having the Default 1.0 on Siege Warfare.....ever played Warhammer? Dwarves vs. Men, they both had their own equally strong war machines.
So it would look like this I guess, plus I added other variations after this first one to help balance and refine it a bit for everyone's tastes including the Creators & Developers hopefully lol:
Dwarf1: Mining: 1.5 Tree-felling: .75 Fishing: .5 Building: 1.0 Crafting: 1.25 Siege: 1.0
or
Dwarf2: Mining: 1.0 Tree-felling: 1.0 Fishing: .5 Building: 1.5 Crafting: 1.25 Siege: .75
or
Dwarf3: Mining: .75 Tree-felling: 1.0 Fishing: 1.0 Building: 1.25 Crafing: 1.5 Siege: .5
or
Dwarf4: Mining: 1.0 Tree-felling: .5 Fishing: .75 Building: 1.0 Crafting: 1.25 Siege: 1.5
or
Dwarf5: Mining: .5 Tree-felling: .75 Fishing: 1.0 Building: 1.25 Crafting: 1.5 Siege: 1.0
I don't have a Dwarf or Freya, but if I were to choose, I would be leaning towards Dwarf2, Dwarf3 or Dwarf5...lol Only cuz I know my tools will make up for the Slack
~But honestly I have no Dwarf and have no intentions on making one either, those short stubby triathlon running legs lol... But if I did, I would want that Elder Dwarf Skin Look hahaha, it's looks sharp and Royal, like a Royal Defender of the Dwarven Kingdom of Osgorath or Dwarf King. The Skin just looks kool, if ye haven't checked out the posts for the skins, I recommend so and get involved, there is a lot of kool stuff on it's way and we all can be a part of that as well.
If most players could post here on Forums, for their Dwarf's sake, lol it would be great for voices inputs to be heard....of "What Kind of Dwarf Are You?"
There could be other combo's, perhaps another could make theirs and share on here too, but gotta be realistic cuz I see where Developers are coming from with balancing the game with classes to be able to work hand in hand with other characters with their own differences...one class is needing another class for help or aim to work together, brings interactions and trades amongst people around the world, making a flowing economy inside this game. People(Classes) needing People to further their Goals for themselves, for their buddies, for their Clan mates and others new to the game or who need help.
Take care mates, please, debate with respect for one another and Most Importantly Let's have "FUN"...Peace!
Q