Swed 2651 Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) This has probably been suggested before, but would it be possible to add a list of expertises either to the forums in a sticky post or as an option in the war3menu? The general thing about expertises is that there is no central source for all of them, what level they require, what they do. I was wondering about the difficulty of just going through all the races now and copying all the expertises down into a post on this forum or as part of raceinfo or a completely different section of war3menu. EDIT: http://www.joinsg.net/topic/46877-list-of-expertise/?hl=%2Blist+%2Bexpertises#entry622804I found this thread from two years ago, and the reasons it presented were because you were supposed to discover them on your own. Is there anything beyond that? Because if so I find it kind of silly. Rather than being hit or miss, it should be another set of goals for dedicated war3 players who have maxed most to everything out, or a goal for those who have a few favorite races. Edited February 14, 2014 by Ellie Goulding Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vexium 35 Posted February 14, 2014 i completely agree. it should be known, because it gives players incentives to play/be on server. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skitt 1307 Posted February 14, 2014 the fun thing about expertises are the discovery of them upon playing a race you enjoy playing. expertises are already spread like wild fire through word of mouth on the server. I am in complete disagreement with a list of expertises displayed on the forums. 6 xmen, Behos, Knox and 3 others reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vexium 35 Posted February 14, 2014 is there any rule that prevents me from posting the expertises i know here? because honestly, we could just do that. i dont see whats wrong with it - if the community wants to do it, then they can (assuming i wont be banned/get post deleted) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TurtleFrenzy 2612 Posted February 14, 2014 the fun thing about expertises are the discovery of them upon playing a race you enjoy playing. expertises are already spread like wild fire through word of mouth on the server. I am in complete disagreement with a list of expertises displayed on the forums. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wintergreen 1603 Posted February 14, 2014 You're a bunch of worthless faggots. Just play the race and have fun, jesus christ. 3 xmen, MrCoolness and KnifeMaster No Sound reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flt. Lt. Space Bugs 45 Posted February 14, 2014 Expertise are stupid and I'm incredibly disappointed that they were ever included in this server. Giving somebody pure bonus stats over somebody else just because they played a race 40-100 levels over it's normal max is stupid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Name 2616 Posted February 14, 2014 the fun thing about expertises are the discovery of them upon playing a race you enjoy playing. expertises are already spread like wild fire through word of mouth on the server. I am in complete disagreement with a list of expertises displayed on the forums. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vexium 35 Posted February 14, 2014 i dont think listing specific abilities or levels is needed, but a list of races that have expertises would be useful. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Name 2616 Posted February 14, 2014 i dont think listing specific abilities or levels is needed, but a list of races that have expertises would be useful.I guess I'll quote it again because clearly you didn't read the point the fun thing about expertises are the discovery of them upon playing a race you enjoy playing. expertises are already spread like wild fire through word of mouth on the server. I am in complete disagreement with a list of expertises displayed on the forums. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vexium 35 Posted February 14, 2014 i think that it would be more fun to have a list and that way people know which class they can put their tomes into if they want to go for an expertise. it encourages playing after maxing 100% Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coldfuse 324 Posted February 14, 2014 Race whore promotion! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thorgot 2420 Posted February 14, 2014 I don't have a strong opinion either way. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TurtleFrenzy 2612 Posted February 14, 2014 The whole point of expertises, at least as I see it, is a reward for leveling up a race for a long time. Something you get for appreciating a race you play. When you make expertises public, you take away that from them, and essentially just add another skill to the race. Now you may say, people already know about most expertises by word of mouth, so we might as well make a list. The way I see it, the discoverers have the right to either keep the expertise to them self or share it with other people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vexium 35 Posted February 14, 2014 ok, and i would ask, would it be wrong as someone who discovered them to share my knowledge? my point is as follows: if expertise gets known about eventually by someone who plays enough to care about expertise, what's the harm in making a list of races that have expertise? that allows players who might not normally play as much to go for one on their favorite race. in other words, someone that plays enough to discover an expertise is not going to care about a list - they already have heard about them from word of mouth. on the other hand, someone who might not play enough to get an expertise, but likes a specific race enough to play more if they knew about the expertise, might be inclined to stay on more often if had a list that showed them that. so i dont see the harm in a list, honestly. those of us that are regulars for long enough know the more widely-known expertises. the ones that arent revealed in-game are the ones that wont show up on a list, because its up to the discoverer to out it. all a list would do is document the ones that are already spoken about regularly on the server. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TurtleFrenzy 2612 Posted February 14, 2014 There's nothing stopping anyone from making a list. Just trying to dissuade for the sake of keeping them a special thing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrCoolness 547 Posted February 14, 2014 If you want to make a list by all means go ahead.If you want me to make a list, no thanks. 1 Name reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Master Chadron 279 Posted February 15, 2014 the fun thing about expertises are the discovery of them upon playing a race you enjoy playing. expertises are already spread like wild fire through word of mouth on the server. I am in complete disagreement with a list of expertises displayed on the forums. lol that's fucking stupid 1 1 Flt. Lt. Space Bugs and Name reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kwijibo 10 Posted February 15, 2014 in fact all races should have expertise to balance shit out at the other end, it just push somes races away because they suck, and on top of that they dont have expertse waiting ahead. 1 Flt. Lt. Space Bugs reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites