Experience

Every guild uses skill requirements to determine circle.

There are five skill sets which are learned by varying degrees by every guild. Each guild has chosen one of the five as a specialization skill set or primary skill set. Two of the remaining four have by chosen by each guild as a proficiency and support skill set for the specialization skill; these are known as secondary skills. The remaining two are considered to hold minor relevance and referred to as tertiary skills.

Guild	Armor	Lore	Magic	Survival	Weapon
Barbarian	Secondary	Tertiary	Tertiary	Secondary	Primary
Bard	Tertiary	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary	Secondary
Cleric	Tertiary	Secondary	Primary	Tertiary	Secondary
Empath	Tertiary	Primary	Secondary	Secondary	Tertiary
Moon Mage	Tertiary	Secondary	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary
Paladin	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary	Tertiary	Secondary
Ranger	Secondary	Tertiary	Tertiary	Primary	Secondary
Thief	Tertiary	Secondary	Tertiary	Primary	Secondary
Trader	Secondary	Primary	Tertiary	Secondary	Tertiary
Warrior Mage	Tertiary	Secondary	Primary	Tertiary	Secondary

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Experience Pools and Pulses

Every skill has its own individual pool, which fills with field experience as you obtain it. The current amount of field experience in your pool ranges from empty (clear) to mind lock (full).

Factors that determine maximum pool size (in descending order of importance): whether the skill is in your primary, secondary, or tertiary skillset; the number of ranks you have in the skill; Intelligence; and Discipline.

This field experience is gradually converted into actual ranks. When field experience is converted to ranks, it is called a pulse. The pulse size primarily depends on whether the skill is a primary, secondary, or tertiary skill and the total size of the pool. Wisdom also affects the pulse size.

As of July 10, 2009, there are now 34 experience pool states:

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Amount Learning	Mindstate Fraction
clear	0/34
dabbling	1/34
perusing	2/34
learning	3/34
thoughtful	4/34
thinking	5/34
considering	6/34
pondering	7/34
ruminating	8/34
concentrating	9/34
attentive	10/34
deliberative	11/34
interested	12/34
examining	13/34
understanding	14/34
absorbing	15/34
intrigued	16/34
scrutinizing	17/34
analyzing	18/34
studious	19/34
focused	20/34
very focused	21/34
engaged	22/34
very engaged	23/34
cogitating	24/34
fascinated	25/34
captivated	26/34
engrossed	27/34
riveted	28/34
very riveted	29/34
rapt	30/34
very rapt	31/34
enthralled	32/34
nearly locked	33/34
mind lock	34/34

The experience pool states under the old system were:
clear
learning
thoughtful
pondering
concentrating
muddled
very muddled
perplexing
perplexed
bewildering
bewildered
dazed
mind lock

Mind States

Currently there is no negative mind state within the game since the new exp system was introduced in July 2009. There is plans to re-intoduce some form of mind state back into the game but no firm plans have been announced.

Below are details of the old mind state system.

Mind state is a very important factor in experience to rank conversion. The worse your mind state is, the slower you learn. Mind states range from clear to very frozen. Every skill you raise to a mind lock state affects your overall mind state. At a Frozen or very frozen state, you no longer learn at all.

However, as long as the Multiple Opponent skill is not Mind Locked, the state of the Evasion skill, the Parry Ability skill, and the Shield Usage skill will not contribute to overall state.

When the new experience system was released, mind states were disabled. It has been stated that it will return, but not in the way it was previously implemented.

The mind states are as follows:
clear
fluid
murky
very murky
thick: penalty begins
very thick
dense
very dense
stagnant
very stagnant
frozen: no longer absorbing experience
very frozen

Stats and Learning

Your character's mental statistics are an important component in your overall learning process. The three mental stats, wisdom, intelligence, and discipline affect learning in different ways, and all of them are based upon a logarithmic return rate, thus eventually reaching a point of diminishing returns.

According to GM Zeyurn, statistics now have a much greater effect on the experience system. Intelligence and Wisdom both provide the same bonus amount to different things.

Intelligence Maximum size of experience pools.

Wisdom Pulse size.

Discipline Maximum size of experience pools.

Soft Caps: Because of the recent changes to the experience system, the point of diminishing returns is no longer known. However, even if it were known, each of these stats affects other systems, so it's usually not a good idea to stop training mental stats. Discipline, in particular, affects many things.

Wall Cycle

The wall cycle has gone away. Now primary skills always pulse better than secondary skills which always pulse better than tertiary skills. However, under 50 ranks skills will all drain like primary, and under 100 they will all drain at least like secondary.

RP Messaging

Ranks in each skill are numerical. However, there is also a role-playing system of nomenclature set up for skills, to make it easier to integrate into gameplay.

Ranks 1-49 / Novice

Within the above range:

• + 0-09 = Lowly
• + 10-19 = Promising
• + 20-29 = Able
• + 30-39 = Trained
• + 40-49 = Full

Ranks 50-99 / Practitioner

Ranks 100-149 / Dilettante

Ranks 150-199 / Aficionado

Within the above ranges:

• + 0-09 = Beginner
• + 10-19 = Competent
• + 20-29 = Proficient
• + 30-39 = Experienced
• + 40-49 = Skilled

Ranks 200-299 / Adept

Ranks 300-399 / Expert

Within the above ranges:

• Rated by degrees 0-99

Ranks 400-499 / Professional

Ranks 500-599 / Authority

Ranks 600-699 / Genius

Within the above ranges:

• + 20-39 = Exceptional
• + 40-59 = Outstanding
• + 60-79 = Renowned
• + 80-99 = True

Ranks 700-799 / Savant

Ranks 800-899 / Master

Ranks 900-999 / Grand Master

Within the above ranges:

• + 20-39 = Distinguished
• + 40-59 = Venerated
• + 60-79 = Exalted
• + 80-99 = Transcendent

Ranks 1000-1249 / Guru

Ranks 1250+ / Legend

Also See

• Experience drain

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