Why you dont skip the turtorial.

[Owen Wulfson]

You don't realize because it is not true.

You gain focus points and attribute points faster at the start because you need less skill levels per level but the speed of learning doesn't care if you have 300 stats or 1 it cares about what the actual level of the skill is, the attribute points and the focus points.

However if you want to level charm fast just buy a horse from the lords you pass buy and it will explode.

Actually, I went back to level a character and noticed that at level 1 the experience gain was at a x10 whereas by level 10 it was about x6 - so there is a climbing exp grind based on what level you are as well as your focus points. In practice, this doesn't stop you from leveling skills you want to. Rather, it just makes it take longer. However, I would say the vast amount of exp required and the slow trickle for such, rather than the multipliers, are the real impediment.

I was also quite aware of how easy it was to level charm. I don't even buy a horse, I just give each passing lord I see 100 gold and call it a day - works just the same. If I like the lord, I might throw in a spare sumpter horse.

 

[Twitch/Pappus]

Actually, I went back to level a character and noticed that at level 1 the experience gain was at a x10 whereas by level 10 it was about x6 - so there is a climbing exp grind based on what level you are as well as your focus points. In practice, this doesn't stop you from leveling skills you want to. Rather, it just makes it take longer. However, I would say the vast amount of exp required and the slow trickle for such, rather than the multipliers, are the real impediment.

I was also quite aware of how easy it was to level charm. I don't even buy a horse, I just give each passing lord I see 100 gold and call it a day - works just the same. If I like the lord, I might throw in a spare sumpter horse.

The experience gain is for the skill itself it doesn't care about your OTHER skills.

If you have two characters and both have 1 int and no focus point in engineering and are at 1 engineering, but one of them has charm on 300 they still learn engineering at the same speed.

 

[Sidhwen_Khorest]

you are also currently able to take your brothers gear and give yourself high tier armor to fight with

This just got nerfed, along with the big bonus to charm in the beta branch.

 

[Ironsun]

This just got nerfed, along with the big bonus to charm in the beta branch.

It was clearly a bug to begin with (the charm thing) so was only a matter of time really.