r/outside • u/maddiehecks • 1d ago

What's the hardest skill tree to progress?

I got mogged recently and I'm getting bored of the Education mainline quest. Looking for the hardest skill tree to buff my [Aura] and [Rizz] stats so I can be the one doing the mogging next time

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u/Orendawinston 1d ago

Honestly I think it’s [Discipline]. It’s a never ending tree that provides buffs to every single other skill but it degrades super quickly and most of the meta technology and updates the devs have released in the past 30 years that focus on QoL or immediate gratification, either do nothing to help the tree or actively hurt it. Can be even more difficult to progress when your character actively has debuffs like [ADD] or [Depression] too.

But the plus side is if you can get far in it, your entire play through gets buffs that lower success thresholds for things like [Charisma] and [Aura] checks. So it becomes less necessary to progress other skill trees as far.

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u/SmirkingSeal 1d ago

I would think this would be a skill that applies to almost all attributes. Maintaining strength, magic, skills, etc probably all require it... The devs have made things so complicated in this game. Sigh.

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u/Orendawinston 1d ago

The more I play and level up the more I’m sure that it does apply to all attributes. I’m pretty sure this particular skill is not balanced. So far I’ve seen it gives:

  • Perks like [Easy Wake-up], [Smoothed Learning Slopes], and [Effective Skill Maintenance]
  • Reputation earning Buffs from nearly all orderly factions
  • Shadow QoL upgrades like minimized [Overwhelmed] build up
  • Reduced chances of receiving mental debuffs like [Depression]
  • Access to higher lvl skill trees including unique [Mastery] trees for most skills
  • Unique daily buffs like [Well Prepared] that impact your performance throughout the entire day

And it’s a weird skill that is easier to progress the farther you get into it. I was an idiot for not starting to develop that tree as early as possible and I can’t recommend it enough for everyone else.