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Offline GranDad "Firedancer" Mc

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Freebie Picks and SAU
« on: July 01, 2013, 08:39:47 am »
Hi All, How's thing's? :-)
I have spent the last couple of days picking in New Ure., just enjoying being back in the game.
I have been using the FREEBIE pick from the tutorial and the one from Citizenship, both 3/100.
I had noticed there were no SAU or Skill / Experience gains as there used to be but thought that was the norm.
I have just switched to a player made pick and WOW. SAU and Skills and Experience galore.
Is this usual or was I simply the victim of a minor bug.
I would think new players would be likely to feel better seeing the SAU and Skill gains immediately they
 become citizens rather than have to use up the Freebie picks first.
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Re: Freebie Picks and SAU
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2013, 10:05:07 am »
My understanding is that none of the tutorial items are designed to give SAU/Skills.
Only crafted items give these on use.
(having said that - I am not sure about the freebie tools from the trashcans ... these might give SAU/skills).
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Re: Freebie Picks and SAU
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2013, 11:41:54 am »
Trash can tools are iron and give no skills/sau


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Re: Freebie Picks and SAU
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2013, 11:47:34 am »

Edit:

Free picks from the trash can get ores (although slowly) - means something with no value can be turned into somethin that has a value.
This goes against the general RCE logic, but here the game makes an exception for the newcomers.



Actually, back in time you could get skills this way too, but later this was removed to decrease temptation to create alt accounts for skill farming. We are not living in a perfect world, regretfully...
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Re: Freebie Picks and SAU
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2013, 12:09:42 pm »
Agreed Fifth re Tutorial Freebies and Trash can fodder, but are Citizenship accessories 'Freebies' or paid for? :-\
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Re: Freebie Picks and SAU
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2013, 12:35:02 pm »
Quote from: GranDad "Firedancer" Mc on July 01, 2013, 12:09:42 pm
Agreed Fifth re Tutorial Freebies and Trash can fodder, but are Citizenship accessories 'Freebies' or paid for? :-\
Good question! Never thought about that... Well, buy a steel pick, or make your own and then u can be certain. :)
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Re: Freebie Picks and SAU
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2013, 05:23:00 pm »
It was when I started to use one of the picks I had bought in game that I started to gain the skills and SAU.
That is when I wondered about the Citizenship accessory not giving skills despite having donated to pay for it.
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Re: Freebie Picks and SAU
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2013, 08:23:24 pm »
I thought that although the tutorial items don't give skills or sau, they work at 90-100% efficiency even if your skills are low (like say 75% on a normal pick)
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Re: Freebie Picks and SAU
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2013, 11:33:57 pm »
I think ZAV's right - the tools obtained in the tutorial quest are the same as the 'A' tools we got as Christmas/New Years donation bonuses. They work at full capability but give no SAU or skills. On the other hand, player-crafted tools work at whatever your Effectiveness Level (EL) is and give SAU and skills based on your SAU Gain Rate (SGR).
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