04-03-2011, 11:24 PM
No plans for importing characters from any previous versions of the shard as of now.
Typing from phone so I can't write a full explanation, but it's mostly to level the playing field for everyone who wants to start new, and to compensate for the fact that some skillgain is harder now. I really like starting from scratch, though. I may be crazy though.
Also, character importing takes up a LOT of coding and GM time which is being devoted instead to content development.
On the plus side, you can pick 4 starting skills instead of 3, and I'm trying to add various places and mechanics to make macroing more fun and simple. (See my most recent post about the meditation spot in the Changelog).
Typing from phone so I can't write a full explanation, but it's mostly to level the playing field for everyone who wants to start new, and to compensate for the fact that some skillgain is harder now. I really like starting from scratch, though. I may be crazy though.
Also, character importing takes up a LOT of coding and GM time which is being devoted instead to content development.
On the plus side, you can pick 4 starting skills instead of 3, and I'm trying to add various places and mechanics to make macroing more fun and simple. (See my most recent post about the meditation spot in the Changelog).