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In article <1162896355.391732.141230@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, 
chrisc@dbass.demon.co.uk says...
> 
> What I don't understand is the interaction between money and skill
> points. Do you buy them? Do you earn them in some other way? Or can I
> just install the game, log in, set my character to training forever,
> log in every time he levels up to sort out his next training level, and
> six months later have a really good (albeit fiscally poor) character?
> 

When you create your char, you determine a number of skills to start with.
This is the first trap: if you don't know what you're doing you are likely to 
make wrong choices for your 'basically free' skills, and this can cost you a 
lot and slow you down quite a bit later, because you can actually lay some very 
good foundation stones for your further career at this point.

All other skills will have to be bought as a 'skill book' which can then be 
read and trained. Some of the skill books I bought after a couple of months 
play were 4 millions of in-game currency. They get more expensive ...

The Devs sure know how to force people to keep grinding so they can afford to 
pay to progress. And after 2 months of playing, some opened-up skills take a 
fortnight to train, and that gets expensive in Real Money, make no mistake 
about it.

Let's just say my wife was chuffed when I decided to chuck EVE, because of the 
money saved, and because she got to see a whole lot more of me all of a sudden.
Guild Wars is nowhere near as time consuming; even when powerplaying for a 
title (finally got 'survivor' a couple days back, solo all the way! Whoopie. I 
think I may buy Nightfall after all and find a new guild.)

-P. 


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