What the heck is Sage?
Sage was the level 90+ player ability to broadcast your thoughts to the entire kingdom. Now, it is called
Share Wisdom and still available at level 90.. To learn more about the shift from Sage to Share wisdom, please read the history of sage in the next few paragraphs.
The Wisdom of a Sage
Many people where not around when the history of sage began, so I'll start off with a short history of what "Sage" was and how it got its name.
Sage,
which was originally the mage name for the spell, was one of four spells available
in Beta and 3.0 Nexus. The names for the other three paths were - Hierophant
for Poets, Prince Charming
for
Rogues, and Champion for Warriors.
Sage became the general term for them all, mostly because there was an overwhelming
number of mages in the kingdom, but also because it was the shortest name of
them all. So for the remainder of this history we will refer to the various spells as they
are collectively referred to by the community.
In Beta and the start of 3.0, Sage had no aethers. People used to hold auctions,
tell stories, and much else over sage. As the kingdom grew, short aethers
were added to the ability to sage in the kingdoms. During the reign of the
God Grin, sage began to be heavily abused over time. That is when the aethers became extremely
heavy. Upon the upgrade to version 4.0, Grin made sage only available in the
Mythic Nexus.
It wasn't until the reign of the God Kismet that we saw Sage taken away. It
began with a small warning system. People were given one sage
warning. If they did not take this seriously and abused sage again, they lost
it for good. Kismet debated removing sage forever, but extreme pressure from
the community encouraged him to keep the spell and to have those who abused it
lose it forever. Also notable, the share wisdom spell has to be learned at
an NPC who lives in a cave in the wilderness, instead of through your guildmaster
NPC as before. This wasn't enough! Eventually the punishment for any crime,
regardless of its relevance to sage, resulted in the loss of sage forever. People
with criminal brands could never sage again!
Then came a day of extreme abuse. Everyone was about to have sage removed because
of a debate on gay rights in 4.0 Mythic. Kismet was furious. Sage was removed
from everyone. The community was baffled. Silence fell over the kingdoms. Only
Elders were able to sage. People didn't like this one bit. And the development
of share wisdom came along.
On March 13th, 2001, the system of Share Wisdom was implemented into the Nexus.
Share Wisdom is not a hard spell to understand. It has a
relatively simple pattern and should be easy enough for anyone to follow.
The system was developed so sage would not be lost forever by those who abused
it, but it was also developed to give those who were long time players a benefit
to waiting around.
A player can learn Share wisdom initially at Level 90, like always. Unlike
the past, every path has the same spell name "Share Wisdom". The
spell can be upgraded every 45 days. It is still learned
at the NPC in the wilderness for 100,000 coins per level. The coordinates for this are
126, 7. The fastest way to reach it from Northern Pass, walk
down into the wilderness. Head west and cut across the mine fields. Walk to the south
the Hyun Moo shrine. Walk a little further and you
will see the columns that mark the cave entrance.
Sage Levels
Level 1 - Share Wisdom
15 Minute Aethers
Sage works in Mythic Nexus, Carnage, Events, and other designated areas.
Level
2 - Mentor's Wisdom
10
Minute Aethers
Sage
works in Mythic Nexus, Carnage, Events, and other designated areas.
Level
3 - Buya, Kugnae, Nagnang, or Neutral Wisdom.
10
Minute Aethers
Sage works in Mythic Nexus, Carnage, Events,
and other designated areas.
Sage also works in one's home town stated on the spell name.
Level
4 - Buya, Kugnae, Nagnang, or Neutral Sage.
5
Minute Aethers
Sage works in Mythic Nexus, Carnage, and Events.
Sage also works in one's home town stated on the spell name.
Level
5 - Sage's Wisdom
5
Minute Aethers
Ability
to sage in any area which allows spells to be cast.
Facts about Sage
-
It can be learned every 2 Yuri/Hyuls (90 Days)
- It has to be learned at the 126,7
Wilderness NPC Cave.
- It costs 100k for sage, is nonrefundable, and costs 100k
per upgrade. (In Total - 500k)
- If you are punished (arrested), you lose sage and cannot relearn it for the next 45 days.
- One of the Sam San Requirements is to
have the highest level sage, so it is good to learn it if you intend to become
a high level player!
- Sage Aethers are cut in half to 2/3 off in Carnage Event Arenas and
Special Event Areas.
