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Research time.

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Awacs_Tragedy
Awacs_Tragedy
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I have noticed how my research time either does not go on or goes very slowly when I am logged out. Is this by design? - because I don't see it reasonable to be logged into the game for 12 hours just to research your second trait.

I've also noticed that the skill that makes you able to revive without a soul gem once every 2 hour works the same way.
Yesterday I used my free revive and logged out when there was 1 hour left until it could be used again, now today some 10 hours after I logged out I still need to wait the 1 hour from yesterday.

What do you think about this. I don't really like it.
  • dagnome
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    Ive never had an issue with research, i usually ding a blacksmithing or woodworking skill when i log in.
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  • Xithian
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    Research most certainly goes by while offline, or I wouldn't have half of what I do finished.

    Revive on the other hand only goes off in game time. I'm assuming that's intentional and it really doesn't bother me in the slightest. It's an hour, which is reasonable.
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  • Awacs_Tragedy
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    Xithian wrote: »
    Research most certainly goes by while offline, or I wouldn't have half of what I do finished.

    Revive on the other hand only goes off in game time. I'm assuming that's intentional and it really doesn't bother me in the slightest. It's an hour, which is reasonable.
    The revive is reasonable I agree on that but I had expected it to be useable after 2 hours whether I was logged in or not but I can certainly live with it.

    But the research doesn't research slower when offline or something? - because it takes longer than I expect it to take, or am I just overthinking things?
  • Altheina
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    To my experience the research still goes on in real time even when we are offline and I think you are just over-thinking :)
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  • Awacs_Tragedy
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    Altheina wrote: »
    To my experience the research still goes on in real time even when we are offline and I think you are just over-thinking :)
    Well I certainly hope I am overthinking it and from what is said here I probably am so I'm gonna double check next time I'm ingame.
    Thanks for the answers.
  • Lazarus_Long
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    Research times double for every trait you have for an item. The first one is 6 hours, the second one is 12 hours, the third one is 24 hours, all the way up to 32 days for the final trait. Starting at skill level 8 you can invest skill points into a passive in each skill line that slightly reduces research time and well as letting you research more items at once.
    Edited by Lazarus_Long on April 26, 2014 4:21PM
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  • Alyrn_Grey
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    No research definitely runs on the real out of game time clock. Which is good because research an a particular item type doubles for each new thing your research for that item type.

    For instance I tossed a healing staff into research last night and it was 12 hours because it is the 2nd healing staff boost I've researched. The 3rd one I research for healing staff will take 24 hours.
  • Worstluck
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    What about during server maintenance and downtime? It seems like it does, I've never checked if research progresses during those times. I usually just set to research and ignore it as my all research times are long now.
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  • Alyrn_Grey
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    Worstluck wrote: »
    What about during server maintenance and downtime? It seems like it does, I've never checked if research progresses during those times. I usually just set to research and ignore it as my all research times are long now.

    It appears that they likely use a time stamp on your character data for the 3 - 6 research options you have. IE I put my staff into research and it informs me that it will take 12 hours. Is that the data field on my character for research notes the category I'm researching and the time stamp of when I put it is in. Then anytime I'm at a crafting station and check research it calculates remaining time based on that time stamp.

    While the free respawn timer is an actual timer attached to your character which is why it behaves differently.
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