Do you still check bookcases looking for Skill Books?

Tarukmockto

Is there any point to continue to check bookcases? I haven't had anything pop for weeks now. It would save me a lot of time if it was pointless to continue. What do YOU do?

KariTR

Still? I opened book cases to read what was upon them, not to gain skill points.

In the context of your poll, I cannot give an appropriate answer, yet I open every book case, I still read every book I haven't come across before and I often read books again if they are particularly enjoyable.

Lunerdog

You're missing an option for me "Sometimes".

Do it often with low level alts but only occasionally with my Vet characters.

nudel

I check bookcases for lore. Skill points are just icing.

Erock25

I used to, but gave up in VR Levels

I checked every bookcase up until VR where I noticed that I must have got all the skill points already. Now, I ignore them.

Aeratus

Bookcases? What bookcases?

For my new characters, I only check bookcases at high level rather than low level, since gaining a skill-up at low levels is a waste.

ebondeath

I still check every bookcase I pass

I check most of them (unless I'm in an Ayleid delve with a whole library full of them, I'm too impatient to go through all that mess) but almost never find any new skill ups. These days I mostly check them for books that I haven't marked off in my Eidetic Memory library. I save the reading for later.

Tarukmockto

I still check every bookcase I pass

Lunerdog wrote: »

You're missing an option for me "Sometimes".
Do it often with low level alts but only occasionally with my Vet characters.

Yeah, sorry about that. I had intended to have another option, but if you hit enter at the end of typing a line, the program interprets that as "you are done. Post to discussion list". Then it wouldn't let me edit the poll, only my comments.

Nox_Aeterna

Well , i only play my main so , no need anymore.

What i noticed is that , it is worth it to check at the start of a VR faction , each faction seems to have some unique books that you can learn , but after the first VR zone of each faction i usually never find anything even when i do stop to read the books.

Artemiisia

I used to, but gave up in VR Levels

at a point, I felt I didnt get any skill points after reaching vr levels, so I only open once every once in a while now.

with my new alt, I open everything

Aeratus

Bookcases? What bookcases?

Nox_Aeterna wrote: »

Well , i only play my main so , no need anymore.

What i noticed is that , it is worth it to check at the start of a VR faction , each faction seems to have some unique books that you can learn , but after the first VR zone of each faction i usually never find anything even when i do stop to read the books.

I don't think the location of the bookshelve matter. The bookshelves are stocked randomly, and there's a limited number of skill books for each skill. Once you've found them all, there's no point in checking any more bookshelves.

Lunerdog

Tarukmockto wrote: »

Lunerdog wrote: »

You're missing an option for me "Sometimes".
Do it often with low level alts but only occasionally with my Vet characters.

Yeah, sorry about that. I had intended to have another option, but if you hit enter at the end of typing a line, the program interprets that as "you are done. Post to discussion list". Then it wouldn't let me edit the poll, only my comments.

No worries and cheers

Tannakaobi

I still check every bookcase I pass

I open them more in VR to break up the cycle of questing, Often i find myself just reading books.

I can't think of one skill point since VR though. So I doubt I would bother if that was the only reason.

Food4Thought

I still check every bookcase I pass

I don't think the OP gave enough options for the book cases. Should be a middle ground somewhere.

But with that said, with over 3000 books, scrolls, and pamplets in the game there is all kinds of things to discover and read if you want. And although at the time I thought it was kind of lame, getting the ability to re-read any piece of literature you come across after finishing the mage guild's quest is just icing on the cake. It gives you the opportunity to read the full story once you have found all the books in a given series.

Frankly, that is the only way to do it as far as I'm concerned.

Tarukmockto

I still check every bookcase I pass

Food4Thought wrote: »

I don't think the OP gave enough options for the book cases. Should be a middle ground somewhere.<snip>

As I mentioned earlier in response to Lunerdog, I had intended for a couple more options, but got cut off by hitting enter at the end of a sentence. My appologies