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3/23/2018 10:55:06 PM3 Souls? What?

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Halinor

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So, looking over the pledge packages all of them include 3 souls. Firstly, what exactly does that mean?

Like, my guess would be "the ability to have 3 characters at the same time", but if that's the case I want to question how valuable that would actually be.

From what I've heard/read about this game so far, I find it unlikely that I'd want to spend time and effort to develop more than one character at a time, so if I did make alts using those 2 additional souls they'd be in OPC mode almost constantly. Is there any actual value in that?

So, if I got the right idea of what it means to have 3 souls and if those are all included in the pricing of the pledge packages, can someone explain to me what's so bleedin' good about having 3 souls, as opposed to 1 soul, that it's worth spending money on an addition 2?

ps. oh and I know I'm paying for more than just 3 souls, regardless of package, but at this point, I feel I'd rather either have cheaper packages or, better yet for both me and the developers, have something else instead of those 2 souls I'm not interested in.

3/23/2018 11:00:00 PM #1

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For those who are confused, the Game comes with 1 Spark of Life, and three Souls to choose from. To create a character, you combine a Spark of Life with a Soul. That is, the Spark brings the soul to life and allows it to enter Elyria. Hence the name. Thus, you can have multiple characters simultaneously, one for each Spark of Life you have, up to the number of Souls you possess. Since you get three Souls randomly with your Basic Game, you could, theoretically, have up to three characters at a time, given the Sparks to do so. To go beyond three characters, you'd need to buy additional sparks AND souls.

This is a quote from Caspian from the discord. Hopefully it helps clear some confusion.

Sparks are your subscription, Souls are your character slots.

3/23/2018 11:20:47 PM #2

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Hieronymus

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Keep in mind that your characters age and die, so you can save those two extra souls to reincarnate into and continue on as a child of your first character. Or play totally different characters, it's up to you.

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Not all souls are created equal. If you were only given one soul, it may have a bias towards adventuring, for instance. However, if you want to live the quiet life of a farmer this may not be beneficial. Of course, this isn't to say that just because your soul is initially biased to adventuring, that would prevent you from being a farmer, you just don't get any benefits from your soul at the beginning.

By having multiple souls at the start of the game it allows you to have a wider range of possible advantageous starts.

It is also worth mentioning that some souls may be older, and thus more powerful, having better skill ramps. If you don't know what a skill ramp is you can read more about them here and here

The first image in the second link illustrates what I mean by a bias towards a skill, as well as the age of a soul.

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3/24/2018 12:24:19 AM #4

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Posted By Hieronymus at 12:20 AM - Sat Mar 24 2018

Keep in mind that your characters age and die, so you can save those two extra souls to reincarnate into and continue on as a child of your first character. Or play totally different characters, it's up to you.

Erm, I know the characters age and die, but I was under the impression that the Soul lives on, so what I need to be reincarnated is a new spark of life, not a new soul. For my character to be 'reincarnated' in any way it would require my character's soul to enter a new body using a spark of life. If I used a new soul then it would not be the reincarnation of my previous character.

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Posted By Dooodumba at 12:33 AM - Sat Mar 24 2018

Not all souls are created equal. If you were only given one soul, it may have a bias towards adventuring, for instance. However, if you want to live the quiet life of a farmer this may not be beneficial. Of course, this isn't to say that just because your soul is initially biased to adventuring, that would prevent you from being a farmer, you just don't get any benefits from your soul at the beginning.

By having multiple souls at the start of the game it allows you to have a wider range of possible advantageous starts.

It is also worth mentioning that some souls may be older, and thus more powerful, having better skill ramps. If you don't know what a skill ramp is you can read more about them here and here

The first image in the second link illustrates what I mean by a bias towards a skill, as well as the age of a soul.

Thanks for the links. I was not aware of those aspects of the Souls, so that does explain why having multiple souls to choose from would be beneficial.

Although is it confirmed that this is what the three souls in the pledge packages mean? 'cause in the image you provided, there seem to be lots more than three souls on the options list.

I get that might just be to show them off, but has it been cofirmed that we will only have 3 souls to choose between when starting the game, unless you've bought extra ones? And that it's not simply that we can pick a maximum of three souls (again, unless we buy more) among a larger number of souls to choose between? 'cause if it's the latter then my points still stand.

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Posted By Halinor at 08:28 AM - Sat Mar 24 2018

Posted By Dooodumba at 12:33 AM - Sat Mar 24 2018

Not all souls are created equal. If you were only given one soul, it may have a bias towards adventuring, for instance. However, if you want to live the quiet life of a farmer this may not be beneficial. Of course, this isn't to say that just because your soul is initially biased to adventuring, that would prevent you from being a farmer, you just don't get any benefits from your soul at the beginning.

By having multiple souls at the start of the game it allows you to have a wider range of possible advantageous starts.

It is also worth mentioning that some souls may be older, and thus more powerful, having better skill ramps. If you don't know what a skill ramp is you can read more about them here and here

The first image in the second link illustrates what I mean by a bias towards a skill, as well as the age of a soul.

Thanks for the links. I was not aware of those aspects of the Souls, so that does explain why having multiple souls to choose from would be beneficial.

Although is it confirmed that this is what the three souls in the pledge packages mean? 'cause in the image you provided, there seem to be lots more than three souls on the options list.

I get that might just be to show them off, but has it been cofirmed that we will only have 3 souls to choose between when starting the game, unless you've bought extra ones? And that it's not simply that we can pick a maximum of three souls (again, unless we buy more) among a larger number of souls to choose between? 'cause if it's the latter then my points still stand.

Unless something changes, or I have missed something, it is definitely 3 souls when starting, unless you buy extra.

I think Dooodumba explained it well, but to put it simply, each soul has its own unique stats and thus a particular soul may be better suited to something than others. This way you get a choice of the one that fits most closely to what you want.

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buy more if you wish to try your luck at improving on the current ones, if you are not happy.

You can also have alts, but whether that is actually beneficial or a hindrance is yet to be seen.

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Duffy_de_Concierge

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One of the theories is that multiple souls can be beneficial for running small businesses. Since your characters stay in game when you logout and run off something called an OPC Script, you could have alts that "mind the store" for you while you're putzing around on a different character. Also due to the very large distances in game and no fast travel, alts allow some ability to "travel" quickly. Are they going to be worth the expense to everyone? Probably not, but they may be viable for various niche uses.

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