Salem

Maybe i just understand mechanics of LA wrong but:

If i study chestnut 1st time my LA downed to 70%. Then i study chestnut second time and next chestnut should loose 50%. Then i studied wood chopping and my LA became 70% (for next chopping). After that i studied chestnut one more time and it gives me 70% exp, while it should give only 50%. This chestnut also decreased LA down to 35% like he was processed as 50%'ed.

I hope you understand me.

introducing variety does hike up the learning again for the next item

though there is a thing:

Say i study a chestnut, then a chestnut, then to pump it back up i study a grass whistle.. If i use another chestnut and then a grass whistle to vary again it won't give the bonus boost that the first whistle did :S

I hope that made sense

Yes but LA decreasing stacks for every single item (as i said LA decreased to 25% even it was 70% before). That confuses me very much

I've been trying to do some testing on it to see if I can get the rules down. The problem is I haven't settled yet and my proficiencies are still low enough that I can't really do a good test run without massive waste. I have played around with wood choppings and find that with the diminishing returns you can get at max about 3.5x the base value of the item. As soon as I can get a small stockpile of things like crucifixes or tops and other easy to make items, I'm going to play around and write things down so we can see how it all works.

The thing is, learning ability doesn't seem to do anything. Does anyone know what it actually does? The PP from each item seems to be on a separate counter and unrelated to LA.

The LA only represents the LP modifier that will be applied if you study another of the particular item you just studied. I don't think it is that hard to understand, but the actual LA showing up on the bottom of the study window is just confusing people so perhaps it should just be removed.

No, definitely don't remove it. It's helpful if I do have to spam a few of the same item. Maybe a mouse-over explanation of it, though?

MagicManICT wrote:Maybe a mouse-over explanation of it, though?

That would probably be a nice thing.