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Should Novice artisan skills also be limited like apprentice and higher?

SpifSpif Member, Alpha Two
edited January 13 in Artisanship
When I first started the game in P1 I thought getting a chance to try everything was great. But now getting to see the startup of a server in P2, I'm thinking that allowing everyone to gather/process/craft everything comes with downsides to the server progression and economy: people gathering for the heck of it, and hoarding.

Talking through what happens if people were only allowed to have 7 novice professions:
  1. People could still try all the novice professions, they would just have to demote one (losing progress) to get another. But that would require travel to a trainer at least
  2. 7 professions is enough to do roughly 2 crafts at a time, maybe 3
  3. Valuable resource nodes wouldn't always be picked up, as people wouldn't have all the gathering skills. So they would get funneled to the people who have chosen those crafts.
  4. Over half the server would likely still take mining just for the income. But it would still lighten the gathering a bit for mining, and a lot for hunting and flax
  5. Fuel might have to be vendor buyable, as not everyone could cut trees
  6. It would better prepare people for what's coming with apprentice crafting and higher. The a-ha moment when you realize that processing is important

Did I miss any obvious downside? What do you think about this idea
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