How to max?

[Humanghost]

Do you have tips for max social and combat skills? Any more efficient way than everyday the same grind? It's my last challenge.

[SimuLord]

For combat, take advantage of the leveled enemies that come out during sandstorms, and make the occasional hazardous ruin run to max the amount of combat XP you receive.

As for social, give gifts, complete commissions, throw parties, talk to everyone, and lament how much slower its progression is than the gathering and workshop skills that level up to max before the midgame.

[pukeko.kim]

Originally posted by SimuLord:

For combat, take advantage of the leveled enemies that come out during sandstorms, and make the occasional hazardous ruin run to max the amount of combat XP you receive.

As for social, give gifts, complete commissions, throw parties, talk to everyone, and lament how much slower its progression is than the gathering and workshop skills that level up to max before the midgame.

Throwing parties does NOT give you experience to level the social knowledge tree. I tested that. Giving invitations gives points because it counts as a gift. But for the actual party you get ZERO. Sure, you get points for talking to NPCs during the party, but only if it's your first convo with them for the day.

[Humanghost]

Sooo, grind grind and one more time.. grind.

[Dinoter]

yeah grind, but if you have dead sea ruin unlocked, you can leveling your combat skill very fast by defeat those insane high level monsters there.

[mskitty]

Who wants to grind, grind, grind. I think they went a bit to extreme with how much it takes to max out.

[Ichmag 🔑🌙]

Its not really grinding if talking with NPCs and doing commisions for them is part of the game, no? Unless youre actively avoiding every mission, talk with every NPC and then sleep to repeat until youre maxxed on socials before actually playing the game

[Sketch Elder]

It really is grinding when you reach the point where all the missions are done, all the other knowledge trees are done, and the main reason you're continuing with the current character instead of starting a new one is that you still have 5 to 10 levels of Social Knowledge to complete.

[Humanghost]

Maybe there should be more commisions to take every day or more points for doing this? I have been doing commisions every day to the end of the story. Talking to a lot of ppl, giving gifts. And now i still have to grind more points to complete challenge.

[House Gnome]

Originally posted by Ichmag:

Its not really grinding if talking with NPCs and doing commisions for them is part of the game, no? Unless youre actively avoiding every mission, talk with every NPC and then sleep to repeat until youre maxxed on socials before actually playing the game

The OP is talking about the social skills tree, not maxing the reputation with the NPCs. You can get BFF with everyone, be married, have kids, roll credits and STILL be grinding on that damn tree.

Does anyone know if Critters gives social tree rep, or if it's supposed to? I tried testing it a few times and it didn't seem to be giving me any social tree points which is a huge miss and likely why it's such a grind fest. (Testing meaning I checked my level, played a round of critters, then checked my level again and no increase. Did this a couple of times and it didn't seem to matter if I won or lost, no points.)

[mskitty]

Originally posted by Ichmag:

Its not really grinding if talking with NPCs and doing commisions for them is part of the game, no? Unless youre actively avoiding every mission, talk with every NPC and then sleep to repeat until youre maxxed on socials before actually playing the game

I see that you haven't been playing the game for very long, wait until you hit 200 hours and have finished the story line and still have a long way to go to max out, the game is not balanced right, especially with the skill tree. And who is going to work on the skill tree first before they actually start playing the game, I mean that is just silly. And even when you play at a slow pace, take lots of time between missions to get set up, you still can't max out by the time the credits roll. I saw a post from a frustrated person at 300 hours that still hasn't managed to max out, the devs really need to take a hard look at this, imo.

[Ichmag 🔑🌙]

Originally posted by mskitty:

Originally posted by Ichmag:

Its not really grinding if talking with NPCs and doing commisions for them is part of the game, no? Unless youre actively avoiding every mission, talk with every NPC and then sleep to repeat until youre maxxed on socials before actually playing the game

I see that you haven't been playing the game for very long, wait until you hit 200 hours and have finished the story line and still have a long way to go to max out, the game is not balanced right, especially with the skill tree. And who is going to work on the skill tree first before they actually start playing the game, I mean that is just silly. And even when you play at a slow pace, take lots of time between missions to get set up, you still can't max out by the time the credits roll. I saw a post from a frustrated person at 300 hours that still hasn't managed to max out, the devs really need to take a hard look at this, imo.

Why do you want to max out? Is it just for achievements?

[syzara]

For me it would be. "Fill Social Skill Tree" is the last bit I need for my last achievement.

I'm half-way that skill tree and BFF with pretty much everyone. It's extremely unbalanced and they should fix it. Give us XP for more interactions would be a good start, but also just more XP per interaction.

/I'm hoping the new critter combat stuff adds social tree skill XP so I can finally be done with achievements

[mskitty]

Originally posted by Ichmag:

Originally posted by mskitty:

I see that you haven't been playing the game for very long, wait until you hit 200 hours and have finished the story line and still have a long way to go to max out, the game is not balanced right, especially with the skill tree. And who is going to work on the skill tree first before they actually start playing the game, I mean that is just silly. And even when you play at a slow pace, take lots of time between missions to get set up, you still can't max out by the time the credits roll. I saw a post from a frustrated person at 300 hours that still hasn't managed to max out, the devs really need to take a hard look at this, imo.

Why do you want to max out? Is it just for achievements?

Yes there is a achievement for maxing out. It's also the leveling that's out of whack, for instance I was given a set of clothing that can't be worn until level 60, I'm at 55, at the rate it takes I may never be able to wear that clothing, grinding just for the purpose of leveling up sucks, it should come at a natural progression as you play through the story and do all the work, like it did in Portia, it's not that way in this game.

[Sketch Elder]

Originally posted by House Gnome:

Does anyone know if Critters gives social tree rep, or if it's supposed to? I tried testing it a few times and it didn't seem to be giving me any social tree points which is a huge miss and likely why it's such a grind fest. (Testing meaning I checked my level, played a round of critters, then checked my level again and no increase. Did this a couple of times and it didn't seem to matter if I won or lost, no points.)

Critters does not give Social Knowledge XP. I've checked it extensively, using the same method as you. I wish it did, since it's my preferred method for building relationships quickly.

[Grandmother CFO]

More than 300 hours and I'm missing that trophy, the combat is still worth it, now the social aspect is demotivating. The XP gained is very little, there could be an adjustment frankly.