Does watching the same VHS over over again levels up the skill?

[This is Chris Hansen]

Im in a hurry to get the building skill to level 4 its day 14 and i wacthed so many VHS on day therteen that i dont have many VHS left so does it give u exp?

[UCEY]

I'm pretty certain it has diminishing effects

[Quill]

Originally posted by LSTR-064:

I'm pretty certain it has diminishing effects

Nope. You get the XP and Boredom reduction that one time. Any viewings afterwards reward nothing.

You can stop a VHS mid play and you won't get anything from the sections you watched but do gain XP from sections you haven't watched yet

[Kaldrak]

Originally posted by Quill:

Originally posted by LSTR-064:

I'm pretty certain it has diminishing effects

Nope. You get the XP and Boredom reduction that one time. Any viewings afterwards reward nothing.

I take it the boredom reduction from the entertainment ones that don't increase skills is gone after the first viewing as well. I get that it's a balancing issue, but honestly the VHS tapes should at least reduce stress or unhappiness as well. As it is, other than the skills, they aren't that good, considering what you have to do to even watch them in the first place.

[Quill]

Originally posted by Kaldrak:

Originally posted by Quill:

Nope. You get the XP and Boredom reduction that one time. Any viewings afterwards reward nothing.

I take it the boredom reduction from the entertainment ones that don't increase skills is gone after the first viewing as well. I get that it's a balancing issue, but honestly the VHS tapes should at least reduce stress or unhappiness as well. As it is, other than the skills, they aren't that good, considering what you have to do to even watch them in the first place.

Yup. It's used up on the first viewing for Entertainment Tapes. Subsequent watchings don't reduce Boredom

[Rusty]

There used to be a glitch that let players rewatch all of their VHS tapes once per server reboot. That's where some of this confusion stems from, I bet.

[Shurenai]

Originally posted by Quill:

Originally posted by Kaldrak:

I take it the boredom reduction from the entertainment ones that don't increase skills is gone after the first viewing as well. I get that it's a balancing issue, but honestly the VHS tapes should at least reduce stress or unhappiness as well. As it is, other than the skills, they aren't that good, considering what you have to do to even watch them in the first place.

Yup. It's used up on the first viewing for Entertainment Tapes. Subsequent watchings don't reduce Boredom

I've heard(admittedly hearsay/wiki info) that entertainment tapes can be rewatched after 24+ hours, similar to how you can redo mechanics. But I've never tested it personally, and it seems unlikely to be the case.

[Quill]

Originally posted by Shurenai:

Originally posted by Quill:

Yup. It's used up on the first viewing for Entertainment Tapes. Subsequent watchings don't reduce Boredom

I've heard(admittedly hearsay/wiki info) that entertainment tapes can be rewatched after 24+ hours, similar to how you can redo mechanics. But I've never tested it personally, and it seems unlikely to be the case.

I have done it personally. Accidentally watched an Episode from Exposure Survival from a random TV within earshot. I later watched the show a week later on VHS and didn't get XP from it

[Zuao]

If I watch the program on TV early in the game and later get it on VHS, do I get the exp again?

[Kayedon]

Originally posted by Zuao:

If I watch the program on TV early in the game and later get it on VHS, do I get the exp again?

Yes. They're two separate instances of XP gain.

[This is Chris Hansen]

Originally posted by Beltneck:

that username and pfp...

MHM

[BrowneHawk]

Just keep in mind you want to always read the skill book prior to watching a video. I sent carpentry to lvl 1-8 in hours because of books and having all the vhs tapes that level carp. The exp bonus applies to those vids.

[Yuna]

Originally posted by BrowneHawk:

Just keep in mind you want to always read the skill book prior to watching a video. I sent carpentry to lvl 1-8 in hours because of books and having all the vhs tapes that level carp. The exp bonus applies to those vids.

That's actually a smart idea.

[Drosta]

Originally posted by Kayedon:

Originally posted by Zuao:

If I watch the program on TV early in the game and later get it on VHS, do I get the exp again?

Yes. They're two separate instances of XP gain.

Are you sure? I think watching it on tv in the early game makes it so you've seen the episode and the VHS tape gives you nothing.

Also doesn't make much sense to me that the tapes don't reduce boredom almost indefinitely. I get that they don't give xp every single time that would be broken. But re-reading the same book or watching the same tv show or movie seems pretty realistic to me. I've watched lord of the rings probably 20 times and it gets better every year while modern Hollywood gets worse.

And while we're on the subject, sort of, they should make it so reading newspapers gives you some of the Knox infection lore or put the news on at a different time of day. I'd like to get the game's minimum of story but I'm not going to trade flavour for life and living XP. Ever.

[Nordil(Hun)]

Originally posted by Drosta:

Originally posted by Kayedon:

Yes. They're two separate instances of XP gain.

Are you sure? I think watching it on tv in the early game makes it so you've seen the episode and the VHS tape gives you nothing.

Also doesn't make much sense to me that the tapes don't reduce boredom almost indefinitely. I get that they don't give xp every single time that would be broken. But re-reading the same book or watching the same tv show or movie seems pretty realistic to me. I've watched lord of the rings probably 20 times and it gets better every year while modern Hollywood gets worse.

And while we're on the subject, sort of, they should make it so reading newspapers gives you some of the Knox infection lore or put the news on at a different time of day. I'd like to get the game's minimum of story but I'm not going to trade flavour for life and living XP. Ever.

You either watch the show or the VHS afaik. You cannot double up on xp this way.
Regarding the reduction of boredom no clue. (Just go outside for 5 minutes and problem solved:D)