I think because certains people like to complain too much, other players here are getting scared.
Listen, if you're new and have only been here a few months then you wont truly notice a thing. If you're old, well you'll notice a fresh of breath air.
Skill Trees will allow you to DEFINE YOUR PATH rather than have your oath defined. Does that make sense? There will be no class stagnatation, only stagnant players. As it stands, we have both. That isn't a good thing. Instead of getting all scared about skill trees, andf letting other people (estidn mainly) MAKE you scared, and hate the idea of a GOOD change for 4d... why not just wait, test, and judge for yourself? We are not cows here. We are humans beings... so think for yourself.
What you have to understand is is that the combat system here is horrible. Horus can only tell you guys so many times that it is, so trust him on this. For 4d there is no "small change". If something is going to be fixed, EVERYTHING will be effected by it. Ask Prom, ask thotter, and hell even ask Diandra and Molly. They will tell you the same thing.
You as the 4D pbase are BLESSED with this extremely rare occurance where we have an actual coder who can do things the RIGHT WAY rather than a bunch of dabblers adding snipped form forum postings across teh web, and then building a mud based on those snippets. I did the very same thing when I was building my own mud. Let me tell you, it does not work. By building muds this way, you get a messy and highly unnstable system.
There are no small changes for 4d. To fix the broken system will mean changes WILL happen, and you'll feel them regardless.
All I ask you people to do is trust our coders because WE cannot do what they do. WE cannot fathom (well, I can..I've tried coding before..ick) the complexities of coding, and what they have to sift through to even allow us to kick a mob.
Here are my tips for today:
Sit back
Relax
Don't worry
Play test
Open your mind
Enjoy the game
Give feedback during testing
and finally....
DON'T WORRY.
If you do not have a bakcground in skill trees like some of us who DO, then it is best not to fret over it. Just play the game, and go about your business. Whining about everything is not productive at all.
-Toch