Hello all. I'm a newcomer to PG but am really stoked and excited about the game. I've had a LOT of fun the past 5-6 days and plan to continue playing much much longer. That being said I have encountered a few things that confuse me. Things I don't understand the reasoning behind and am looking for input so I can understand whether I am missing something or if "that's just how it is."
Firstly I'll start with skills. I have reached 25 in Fire Magic which gives me a recipe for using Saltpeter to research new spells. I head to wiki and find that basically I am not going to be able to get it myself outside of areas that the wiki designate as 40+?!?! Is it intended to level from 20-40 using only the skills gained at 20? That seems like a rather large gap without gaining any significant Character progression but perhaps I am looking at it wrong.
Secondly, also related to skills. Mentalist abilities are learned from the guy in Myconian Dungeon, but favor is required to purchase those. Mu gives a favor to kill Myconians, and has a liking for the heartshrooms they drop as well, both for a favor quest as well as for a favor turn in. The problem is that basically I see no way to possibly begin farming these things at Level 15 Mentalist, which is when these skills start to be relevant...Again, what is the intended path for the player? Wait 15 levels before purchasing those skills?
Thirdly, and finally, bosses and curses. I think this is something I just don't know enough about. How many players are expected to be in a group to tackle the bosses, I'm looking at you ursula and rhino? Was in a group that had little issues clearing to the bosses, but once there we were slaughtered. All we had to show for our time were curses that are gonna require us to GREATLY level up and then gather back up and attempt to clear them again.
I realize that to many these seem like whines, and I expect to receive a certain amount of L2P noob from that, but they really aren't whines. They are honest questions about things I just don't understand. I want to play this game for a long time to come and I'm just trying to learn what I need to be doing to advance in an efficient manner.