Geologist Skill Tree Overhaul
OBVIOUSLY, it would be a good idea if this was implemented for BB to give 100% free Manuscripts/Tomes/Codexes back to the player to reassign the Geologist how they want
Not much disimilar to the "Free Move" Events that we have. LONG OVERDUE BY THE WAY
There's a bit of reading here, so apologies:
This was a very quick idea from what has now become an almost obsolete skill tree system for the Geologists within the game
There now exists Geologists that are natuarally skilled to finding and/or buffing a specific mineable material and more are getting introduced
Geologists skill breakdown: –
Standard Geologist available to all players
Normal Geologist
Faster Geologist with no skills
Jolly Geologist
Metal benefitting Geologist
Iron-Willed Geologist / Charming Geologist / Gold-hearted Geologist
Stone beneffiting Geologist
Stone Cold Geologist
Additional deposit Geologist – with the blue one 50% finding deposits that can be mined faster
Conscientious Geologist / Versed Geologist
It seems that with each new Event, there seems to be a new Gimmicky Geologist added that can add something new
This brings me to the problem that the current Skill System for Geologists is rapidly becoming outdated; if not now, it will be sooner than later
Playing a game with much better defined Skill Trees (BL2), I thought that with the specialist geologists, it made sense to make the Skill Trees a lot more specific for what the playerbase is using and needing
I categorised the Skill Trees into specific sections, with Stone / Metal / Special types, with the final Codex being the same at the very top of the Skill Tree
I’m no Geologist, so if there’s an inaccuracy with it, not interested, but you get the general idea
So, each Skill Tree, Stone / Metal / Special has 3 types within each, bringing the grand number to 9, which will be spread accross the board like this: –
1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9
1 – 2 – 3 = Cabon / Stone
4 – 5 – 6 = Metal
7 – 8 – 9 = Specialist
Follow?
Each number, from bottom wotking up to the skills that can only have 1 attribute, will have the same presets working up, but the percentage accumlator will be different for between the different searched materials (Based on a NORMAL/STANDARD Geologist)
What do I mean?
Well, if something has a 25% chance for Regulard 2 minute stone, it won’t be 25% for 8 hour Granite etc… So the percentages will differ from Stone / Metal / Special
Each Geologist is able to USE 31 books, which equates to 5 books per advancement up to the final 1 book at the top for each layer
1/5 = 1 Book
2/5 = 2 Book
3/5 = 3 Book
4/5 = 4 Book
5/5 = 5 Book
1/1 = Codex
Let’s start with Cabron or Stone Smith
This is the overall Skill Tree for Stone / Carbon, so let’s take a closer look
Carbon Smith Tree
Explaining from bottom to top as we go down
Hidden Stash
Chance to find some treasure that can be added to the deposit you searched for
1/5 – 5% chance
2/5 – 10% chance
3/5 – 15% chance
4/5 – 20% chance
5/5 – 25% chance
Mining Surplus
Chance to find some mined materials for the deposit you searched for
1/5 – 5% chance
2/5 – 10% chance
3/5 – 15% chance
4/5 – 20% chance
5/5 – 25% chance
Ore Timekeeper
Reduces search time for ONLY those deposits
1/5 – 5% faster
2/5 – 10% faster
3/5 – 15% faster
4/5 – 20% faster
5/5 – 25% faster
Two in One
has a chance to find +1 deposit for what you’re searching for
1/5 – 5% chance
2/5 – 10% chance
3/5 – 15% chance
4/5 – 20% chance
5/5 – 25% chance
Natural Vein
Chance for bigger deposits for the type you search for
1/5 – 5% bigger
2/5 – 10% bigger
3/5 – 15% bigger
4/5 – 20% bigger
5/5 – 25% bigger
Quality Mineshafts
Deposits can be mined faster
1/5 – 10% faster
2/5 – 20% faster
3/5 – 30% faster
4/5 – 40% faster
5/5 – 50% faster
Lucky Find / Natural Born Digger / Nature’s Gift
Lucky Find
Gives a 5% chance of discovering and additional deposit above the maximum (1 Additional deposit only)
Natural Born Digger
Discover 5% bigger deposits of all types*****
Nature’s Gift
Gives a 5% chance of refilling a currently mined deposit (Any deposit type that is active on your map)