Skill level, advantage?

[ZanyScum]

I can only buy certain things if I have the skill level.

But apart from that, is there an advantage?

Do I harvest more if I have a higher harvesting level?
Do I get more ore if I have a higher mining level?

[ZeroGiven]

It affects star quality of crops to the point that you can't grow non-quality crops and have to buy them but that is the only effect I'm aware of.

[ZanyScum]

Why do you need non-star crops?

[ZeroGiven]

To gift, which you won't need if they have fixed the bug that caused them to stop allowing trading starred items.

[ZanyScum]

Originally posted by ZeroGiven:

To gift, which you won't need if they have fixed the bug that caused them to stop allowing trading starred items.

Oh. I don't plan to gift anything to anyone. Will I still be able to play the game?
Or is that a must-do?

[MadDawg2552]

Originally posted by ZanyScum:

Oh. I don't plan to gift anything to anyone. Will I still be able to play the game?
Or is that a must-do?

There is one quest where you have to fulfill 5 requests from players, but it's not a big deal. You just say in chat that you have this quest and ask them to request something that you have a lot of.

I see this all the time and no one has ever been denied.

[mmel1313]

Originally posted by ZanyScum:

Originally posted by ZeroGiven:

To gift, which you won't need if they have fixed the bug that caused them to stop allowing trading starred items.

Oh. I don't plan to gift anything to anyone. Will I still be able to play the game?
Or is that a must-do?

it just speeds up reaching the levels of friendship you need for certain parts of questlines to pop. since friendship needs to be reached for the keys to enter rooms, you soon find yourself figuring out what they want and at least gifting them the weeklies.

[VinchenzoTheJackal & Shoon]

some star items are used in quests, and star items are easier to acquire at higher skill levels.
as such increasing skill level improves the item quality you get from farming, hunting, mining, etc.
in addition harvested crops are more likely to drop seeds at higher skill levels, and things like gems will appear more often while mining at higher skill levels.
there is a good benefit to increasing skills.
plus, you'll reach the skill of 10 on many skills pretty fast over a few weeks of playing daily, so no worries about the grind being too intense.