Posted October 19, 2011
This may seem fairly obvious but I'm assuming, since formulas are learned per individual and are not shared among the party, but if my current alchemist dies will my new alchemist need to regather all those formulas?
Also, if a character dies or retires will I be able to make a new character or will the game generate default characters for me to choose from. I know the manual mentioned that characters I made at start are stored in a character pool until a death or retirement but I was just so eager to play I took the starting party and just rolled with it.
Is it really such a bad thing having an 'older' character in the party? I read it is better not to advance past 3 occupations but one of the characters in my party (the starting Healer) is already 41 and time doesn't seem to go as quickly as I thought it would so I get the feeling he'll be with me for a while. If I keep him until he's 60 then I would have had him for 20 years and that seems like a pretty long time. Is the drop in stats that significant that it really is better to keep your characters young?
Last question: My main source of income is from selling alchemical potions, but it feels like a waste of a whole day mixing them when I could be out questing. Do later quests generate more funds or am I just better off making and selling potions. Oh, and is there any other way to get ingredients besides buying them? Is it possible to find them in the wild?
Also, if a character dies or retires will I be able to make a new character or will the game generate default characters for me to choose from. I know the manual mentioned that characters I made at start are stored in a character pool until a death or retirement but I was just so eager to play I took the starting party and just rolled with it.
Is it really such a bad thing having an 'older' character in the party? I read it is better not to advance past 3 occupations but one of the characters in my party (the starting Healer) is already 41 and time doesn't seem to go as quickly as I thought it would so I get the feeling he'll be with me for a while. If I keep him until he's 60 then I would have had him for 20 years and that seems like a pretty long time. Is the drop in stats that significant that it really is better to keep your characters young?
Last question: My main source of income is from selling alchemical potions, but it feels like a waste of a whole day mixing them when I could be out questing. Do later quests generate more funds or am I just better off making and selling potions. Oh, and is there any other way to get ingredients besides buying them? Is it possible to find them in the wild?