Visual improvements to skill trees

[Scaredgirl]

My goal is to make everything look less "weekly spreadsheet report" and more "real fantasy game". New Google Docs feature, the ability to merge cells vertically, gives us many more options in terms of layout design, which is why I redesigned the skill trees. Take a look:

>> CLICK HERE << (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&key=0AgB8fZX7y8kydHBtU0RNOC1yeFk2cTRIRzhCaDFyekE&single=true&gid=55&output=html)

It's still unfinished but you'll get the general idea. I think that this skill tree both looks better and is easier to read.

If you have any suggestions or ideas, please let me know. Thanks.

[UTAlan]

This is awesome. Much better than the previous version of skill trees.

[bored_ninja777]

very nice. definitely gets rid of that spreadsheet vibe.

[YoungSot]

Having pictures for each of the two paths is great too. Adds a lot of flavor.

[ZephyrPhantom]

The pictures are a nice touch - a title for each 'side' of the path would also be kind of cool to go along with the already-placed lore spots.

(I'd really like to a see an 'extra' skill tree representing skills gained from certain guilds, 'acheivements', and quests, too )

[ralouf]

I really like this new spread sheet good job SG.

[YoungSot]

Hooray, that silly 'Bane of' Skill was moved to a really obscure spot! Now players don't have to worry about mastering two tier 1 skills before they can move on to tier 2's.

I don't think that has changed. The bane skills and the requirement to get two lower-tier skills first before getting a higher skill are still there as far as I can see.

[ZephyrPhantom]

Hooray, that silly 'Bane of' Skill was moved to a really obscure spot! Now players don't have to worry about mastering two tier 1 skills before they can move on to tier 2's.

I don't think that has changed. The bane skills and the requirement to get two lower-tier skills first before getting a higher skill are still there as far as I can see.

My bad, I was looking at the table in reverse at the time.

EDIT : Are we just using random images for the trees? Some of those seem suspiciously copyrightish.

[furballdn]

Having pictures for each of the two paths is great too. Adds a lot of flavor.

This.

[Scaredgirl]

(I'd really like to a see an 'extra' skill tree representing skills gained from certain guilds, 'acheivements', and quests, too )

This was definitely a good idea. I added the title, which both looks cool and now I can put the name of the ability in the box, instead of using the old weird system where the name was the path, and the name of the ability was in the description.

(I'd really like to a see an 'extra' skill tree representing skills gained from certain guilds, 'acheivements', and quests, too )

I've been thinking about the "bonus" skill tree a bit, but I still haven't figured out what is the best way to do it. I guess the main choices are:

A) Use skill points to access those skills
B) Gain those skill by other means, like joining a guild, finishing a quest, etc.

[Zaealix]

Looks neato, and the emblems that show skill type should be useful for clarifying what each skill does.

[Kuroaitou]

Love the new trees. They're absolutely wonderful now that they're vertically aligned/merged versus the horizontal spreadsheet.

Just a sidenote... where would the 'relic' icon go? ^^; There doesn't seem to be a space to put the 'This skill uses a relic' symbol, unless I'm missing something. Other than that, the little details about what each skill does (Movement, Special, Crafting, etc - note that 'Buff'/'Target' are the same one though >.>) is a HUGE plus for readability.