Will there be a way to improve efficiency with equipment, jobs, tasks and general actions within the game? In essence, will there be a leveling-up system where we can improve our ability to mine resources, haggle prices, fast travel, detect other ships, etc. through man-hours?asked by Dadduk Fish
TL;DRThere are no traditional levels; improvement comes from the player's own skill plus better equipment, with some gear possibly requiring licenses, much like real-world qualifications.
So it's kind of a two-part answer, because this is not a traditional MMO. There is no leveling. It's not like you start at level one and work your way up to level 20. So a lot of it is to do with your own skill set, but then again the equipment and things that you've got help you in doing these jobs and tasks. So I think doing things like being a better miner will involve going and mining, sort of learning the skills yourself, actually doing it, not learning it as in I've gone from level 1 miner to level 5 miner. And having the right equipment. So you'll have to buy the equipment, upgrade your equipment, maybe go to some specialty place that does 10% better equipment, 20% better equipment. So it's a combination of your actual player skills, you as a person, and then also the equipment you're using, that will be our version of leveling up. There'll be some stuff where perhaps you wouldn't be able to operate certain items or equipment without the right license, and you'd have to maybe do some kind of driving test, right? So like in today's world, you can't just drive an 18-wheeler truck. You have to have a license to do that. So we may have something like that. But in general, the leveling and tasks will be more real-world based, i.e. based on your skill and the equipment you're using, not based on an arbitrary role-playing level. So I hope that makes sense.