Can someone, a Dev, knowledgeable player, explain to me why Port has pooled exp?

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  1. Scanphor

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    Isn't that the point? You can play the way you want to and others can play the way they want to - choice is good no?
     
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    There is a choice:
    For example I have a Warrior, a Mage, a heavy (armor) Archer, a light (armor) Archer, and a Bludgeon avatar.
    Each also has crafting abilities, and eventually there will be a GM level, but only one out of the five for each craft.
    I use different Gmail accounts for each one, and play each one differently based on the RP that I have created for each.
     
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    Indeed it is, people seem to be missing my point. I'm not judging how people wish to play or what they should enjoy. Each time I hear someone say 'I love this change' and I hear why, I don't read anything that has changed, for the better. As per my original Op, I'm just trying to understand the point of it.
     
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    It is good for economy, for example I`m an 120 level archer, but with shared pool I can be 120 level deathmage, so I need a good suit, both craft it or purchase on the market, it stimulates economy.
     
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    Anyone know the answer to this? Are all your alts attenuated? I am curious to know definitively. I have no alts at the moment...but I might make some if you can attenuate multiple times an hour. Probably won't...but I might.
     
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    Would that defeat the purpose of attenuation? Perhaps become an exploit?
     
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    I would say it does...that's why I'd like to know. If people can now play alt roulette to bypass the 1 mil hourly xp cap, I would like to know so I can advocate for either sharing the attenuation across all alts, or getting rid of the hourly cap.
     
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    I'll bet that it's already shared. ;)
     
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    Does that mean attenuation is shared?
     
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    OK, this is making my head hurt :) you can be a level 120 archer and a level 120 DM right now, on the same toon, with the same exact expenditure of skill points and time on getting there, can't you?

    You're not suggesting if we create an alt we have twice tbe exp points to play with are you?
     
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    Except on one character you can only specialise in 2 trees. If you want to play at full potential in multiple schools you need to use alts or other accounts.
     
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    Bingo! A significant benefit. Thanks mate.
     
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    Also, when crafting specialization comes online, you will only be allowed one per avatar.
     
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    kaeshiva said:

    So um, do alts share attenuation?
    Or are we going to see people buying up character slots so they can make 4m an hour now?

    I was thinking about why in the world would I want pooled XP on my account, and that was the first thing I came up with, so I'm sure its occurred to others. I can see no other reason/benefit to do so.


    I confirmed just now that you are attenuated on your alts as well. If you attenuate on one character, start you second character on the account, and kill stuff then you'll find that the attenuation icon shows up. I'm taking that as an indicator that you are attenuated. I guess I, or someone else, could track the xp earned before and after when you kil the same stuff. I'm not about to try that. I'm assuming that the attenuation icon showing up is a true indicator and not a bug.
     
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