First of all, welcome to Atys.
What you seem to have hung up yourself on is that Ryzom is a game of classes and quests. While the starter island might imply this in some ways, the mainland is very much the opposite. You can do whatever you like, and doing one thing will make you advance in that skill.
Advancing in one skill does not limit your possibilities though, you can max every single skilltree on one character, if you can find the time.
The quests on mainland are there to get dappers, but its much easier to get those by just selling gear or materials, and to get fame with specific civilizations, factions and tribes. So instead of doing quests, I recommend run around, explore, do whatever you feel like! That's what this game is made for.
What you seem to have hung up yourself on is that Ryzom is a game of classes and quests. While the starter island might imply this in some ways, the mainland is very much the opposite. You can do whatever you like, and doing one thing will make you advance in that skill.
Advancing in one skill does not limit your possibilities though, you can max every single skilltree on one character, if you can find the time.
The quests on mainland are there to get dappers, but its much easier to get those by just selling gear or materials, and to get fame with specific civilizations, factions and tribes. So instead of doing quests, I recommend run around, explore, do whatever you feel like! That's what this game is made for.
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Gasket
"It's shite being tryker! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of Atys! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some people hate the Matis. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete arseholes. It's a shite state of affairs to be in, Marceline, and ALL the fresh air in the world won't make any ****** difference"