I created this because I realized that I had a different experience of the book the second time through.
I think the first time through I was expecting to find out the aftermath of the linch battle and was impatient for this information, and thus upset when I didn’t get it. Second time my expectations I were different and I enjoyed it more.
I enjoyed it more the second and subsequent read through I did. I definitely scrolled through chunks of it each time I read like others. In the end I viewed this book more as a reference guide for new ideas and concepts AK was trying to introduce to the land and less as a story.
This was a setup book. Definitely some chapters I like more than others, like the justice chapter where Richter finally got punished for pulling stunts without a plan. Gotta say, I diden't skip anything at all the second time through, so many nuggets of info to dig through and speculate about. This book is a gold mine. Storywise it was okay, the first big questline from book 1 moved forward and Richter got stuck as the errand boy for a demon. I'm looking forward to quest parts 2 to infinity.
Yeah, it did advance a few things but it would be nice to end a lot of quests. And have another book the size of #7, for sure.
Keep wondering when he will get a Mining Skill, Aleron said that Miners get a Special Mental Stat that allows them to cope with being Underground and in the Dark and possibly other things that increases As they Level that Skill, (as well as other perks that appear as they Level Up, probably things like being able to Sense Minerals and Metals, probably also Night Vision (maybe Dark Vision at later levels of if they already have Night Vision), Improved Endurance and Stamina (especially when Mining), better Sense of Direction when Underground and maybe something like a Danger Sense for Mining Risks like Mine Collapses and the like?). From something that he said in one of his Q&A Posts we will be seeing a lot more of Miners and the Mining Skills in future Books, so Richter might well get it in Bk9, or at least in 10.
I agree for the most part, there was a lot of good nuggets in it, definitely all worth reading with the exception of the chapter (you all know which chapter I’m referring to, definitely not re-readable). I do think it was more book 7.5 than book 8 however, there just wasn’t enough movement and events in it, it was more just cleaning up everything from book 7, which it didn’t even finish that. All in all, absolutely necessary to the series, as far worthiness to call book 8, I’m still on the book 7.5 fence.
Good points. He might need some or all of those and he can always use more things to make golems out of. Or use his crafting on. Plus if he gets something amazing then maybe he’ll use it with the blacksmith in the ogre city.
One thing that occurred to me on the latest re-through was that it might be better for richter to take the crafting boost with the next core building. Because of the tier 2 talents that will be available once he gets the crafting profession. Specifically the latent material trait talents and any talents that might aid in crafting with his sub skill. Book 8 did high light the power of crafting.
Depending on how much skill exp it gives that could be a really good idea. An additional 10-15 levels would allow Richter to craft some fairly high levelled golems. Assuming he can get the materials, a level 60+ golem would be very difficult to deal with. A team of different golems that shore up each others weaknesses - like stone golems having relatively weak range and low speed but being extremely tough in a melee - would be very hard to stop for anything smaller than an entire company of bugbears with mage support.
solid idea, plus golems build in a core crafting building will have bonuses. A team of say 6-7 golems would be leathal: speedy, strong, twins, sneaky, elemental...
Richter would likely do well striving for the artificer specialization of crafting, unless he finds another mythic spec. That is. More powerful golems and eventually magic cores.
