8.19 Professions Ranks
When you first learn a new profession, you will start ranked as a novice
in that profession. There are five profession ranks for each profession:
Novice, Apprentice, Journeyman, Specialist, and Master. Each rank has
different requirements and advantages as you progress through them.
NOVICE
- All players will start as a Novice in their new profession.
- A Novice will only have two of the three profession skillsets.
- A Novice cannot learn past 'Skilled' in any one skill rank.
- A Novice in a guild will automatically be promoted to Apprentice
profession rank and full guild membership when he/she has learned
to the Adept skillrank in both skills and has been a member of
that guild for 12 hours or more.
- If a Novice forgets the profession or quits the guild, they will
receive 100% of their lessons back.
APPRENTICE
- A player advances from Novice to Apprentice in one of two ways.
a. Learning to the Adept skillrank in both skills
b. Advancement from novicehood in the guild.
- An Apprentice will have access to all three profession skillsets.
- If an apprentice forgets the profession or quits the guild, they will
receive 90% of their lessons back.
JOURNEYMAN
- A player advances from Apprentice to Journeyman in one of two ways.
a. Reaching Guild Rank 3.
b. Achieve the Expert skillrank in all three profession skillsets.
- If a Journeyman quits a guild, they will retain the profession.
- If a Journeyman switches professions, they will retain the skillsets,
but be unable to use them. Read HELP SWITCHING PROFESSIONS to learn
more about using old profession skills.
- If a Journeyman forgets the profession they will receive 50% of their
lessons back.
SPECIALIST
- A player advances from Journeyman to Specialist by:
a. Reaching Guild Rank 5.
b. Achieve the Fabled skillrank in all three profession skillsets.
- A Specialist will relearn profession skillsets twice as fast.
MASTER
- A player advances from Specialist to Master by:
a. Achieve the Transcendent skillrank in all three profession
skillsets.
- A master can apprentice players to the profession. For more
information read HELP APPRENTICE or HELP MASTER.
See also: HELP PROFESSIONS, HELP SWITCHING PROFESSIONS, HELP APPRENTICE
HELP MASTER, HELP CIRCLES, HELP LEARNING, HELP RELEARNING
