Gluttony
09-15-2011, 05:25 AM
So I created a new toon yesterday and immediately upgraded it to a premium character and finally completed the tutorial, all before noticing that auto level was on. Auto level decided to dedicate a point to the new skill I gained, as well as adding a point to a stat that I didn't find productive to my build. So here is my issue; there isn't a way to access the avatar page before leveling in the tutorial. As soon as you create the toon you are jetted away to view a cool cut scene, and set down right in the middle of a series of tests designed to help you learn the basics of the game. So the only way is to disable auto level is to skip the tutorial using the closest terminal and turn off auto leveling in the avatar page.
Since this feature is never actually mentioned in the tutorial, I would suggest adding the fact that you can add points to your stats and a view avatar page before the first 8xp are earned thus allowing you to turn off auto level before it’s too late. I know that this was a suggestion for PL since there where toons running around at level 5+ with not one stat point over the initial 10 allocated. I guess to fix this STS decided to create auto leveling so that even the newest MMORPGers out there did add one stat point anywhere, they would still reap the benefits of the leveling up system. I for one think that this is a bit presumptuous of STS, since I have now created and upgraded a toon that I will have to spend at least 4 plat to correct a built in mistake.
This thread isn't to complain or add more to the heaping plate of issues that STS has to content with, it's just criticism for how to improve. The leveling up system is pretty important and new players should understand how to spend their new stat points, the tutorial seems to completely skip this aspect of the game play.
Side note: I'm not sure how effective the auto leveling system is, if anyone cares to review it and post a comment on that here is a guide outlining how the skills and stats are divided up. You can find it HERE (http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?36672-Guide-to-Auto-levelling).
Since this feature is never actually mentioned in the tutorial, I would suggest adding the fact that you can add points to your stats and a view avatar page before the first 8xp are earned thus allowing you to turn off auto level before it’s too late. I know that this was a suggestion for PL since there where toons running around at level 5+ with not one stat point over the initial 10 allocated. I guess to fix this STS decided to create auto leveling so that even the newest MMORPGers out there did add one stat point anywhere, they would still reap the benefits of the leveling up system. I for one think that this is a bit presumptuous of STS, since I have now created and upgraded a toon that I will have to spend at least 4 plat to correct a built in mistake.
This thread isn't to complain or add more to the heaping plate of issues that STS has to content with, it's just criticism for how to improve. The leveling up system is pretty important and new players should understand how to spend their new stat points, the tutorial seems to completely skip this aspect of the game play.
Side note: I'm not sure how effective the auto leveling system is, if anyone cares to review it and post a comment on that here is a guide outlining how the skills and stats are divided up. You can find it HERE (http://www.spacetimestudios.com/showthread.php?36672-Guide-to-Auto-levelling).