Sweep
With this skill, you can trip both critters and people. If you are mastered in this skill, you will have little or no trouble sweeping things your level. This skill gives you 2 RT and costs 7 stamina to use. It makes the target prone and inflicts vulnerable and staggered upon success. Applies Vulnerable for (15 + (Rank * 5)) seconds, and Staggered for (Success Margin / 6) seconds. Vulnerable makes the target more likely to be hit in a lethal location on your next attack, and Staggered gives them RT so they are unable to act.
This skill is based on the SMR2 system for combat maneuvers. See the page on SMR2 for more information on how this works.
Training in Sweep
First of all, sweep tasks have an exact pattern they follow, unlike the other skills which are random. The order of sweep tasks are this: Critters, sweeping a fellow guild member, getting swept by a fellow guild member, skilled masters, dummies, then sweeping the courtyard. There is only one thing that will ever change in this pattern - sometimes the training administrator will skip dummies. Your first rank of sweep is what I call a "freebie" rank. All you have to do is sweep a skilled master and then you get a rank. After this, the fun begins...
Critters - In order to complete this task, you must find a critter that is near your level to practice sweep on. Until you are level 20, you must find a critter that is no more than 6 levels below you. Once you are level 20, any critter no more than 10 levels below you will work. And way down the road, once you become level 80, any critter no more than 20 levels below you will do the job. Most people who join the guild at 15, sweep hill trolls by the hanging inn. Once they stop working for you, try dark orcs, then mountain ogres, then krolvin mercinaries, then warriors, then warfarers. After them, hooded figures or rotting corpses are probably best. Finding critters to sweep is fairly easy. This task gives you 15 training points and 150 exp.
*Note, there is a second equation that is sometimes involved in deciding how many levels below you a critter can be and you still be able to get reps from it. If the answer to this equation is lower than the numbers stated above, then it takes the place of them. It's very rare that people fall under this equation. The equation is this: [(Level/5) + (Guild rank/4) + 3] = Levels below you in which a critter can be and still give you reps. So if you were level 20, and only had a guild rank of 11, then a critter must be no more than 9 levels below you in order for you to get reps from it. But at 12 ranks, this equation would no longer be a factor, because the answer would be 10 (20/5) + 12/4 + 3 = 10), which is not lower than the numbers stated in the paragraph above.
Sweeping a fellow guild member - The best place to do this is in the courtyard center of the guild. You need to find someone with no more than two ranks less than you to sweep. You can try asking out loud for someone to sweep, or you can use the "gld rank" command to help you find someone with enough ranks. "Gld rank" won't tell you how many sweep ranks they have, just overall ranks, so you'll have to whisper to the person and ask them if they have enough. When I sweep someone, I like to pull them up. It makes it easier for them, and it seems to go faster. Remember to take off any flaring or spiked armor or armor accessories before you sweep someone, as sweep can trigger it! This task gives you 12 training points and 120 exp. The person being swept gets 10 exp per rep you get from them.
Getting swept by a fellow guild member - This is just like the previous task, but you must get swept instead. This task gives you 10 training points and 100 exp. The person sweeping gets 10 exp per rep you get from them.
*Note, guildmasters give double reps. Don't feel bad about asking them for help all the time. Most don't mind at all.
Skilled masters - The masters are located NE of the courtyard center (Landing). "Ask (master) about training in (skill)" and they will take you to a secluded corner. The master will explain what you need to do. As you gain more ranks, the masters change what they do a bit. I forget exactly when they change, but eventually they will start sweeping back while you are sweeping them, and then after rank 45, they start swinging too. Make sure you stance dance; It helps a lot - he/she has a much harder time sweeping you. One more thing, make sure your armor is off if it gives you a penalty, and make sure you have your shield out when he swings at you, if you use one. This task gives you 8 training points and 80 exp.
Dummies - This task is hard at first, but becomes VERY easy after you get a few ranks. Dummies are located NW of the courtyard center. First, "go dummie". To sweep the dummies there is a combination of commands you need to know. "Sweep dummie", "get dummie", and "fix dummie". This task gives you 5 training points and 50 exp.
Sweeping the courtyard - This is probably the most tedious sweep task. To sweep the dirt, you must first get a bag and broom. They are located in the storage basement on the tool rack (refer to map), "get broom" and "get bag" from the rack. Every time you fill your bag with dirt, go back to the basement and "put bag in bin". There are 6 places in the guild where there is dirt. All of these are located around the courtyard (Landing). To sweep the dirt, you "push broom". Keep doing this until there is no more dirt (1-3 sweeps per room, unless someone makes more dirt while you are doing it.), then "get pile". Once your bag has 8 sweeps worth of dirt in it, dump it in the bin and you will get a rep. If you need more dirt, you can "put bag in bin" even if it isn't full, and it will spawn more dirt in the courtyard. This task gives you 5 training points and 50 exp.
With this skill, you can trip both critters and people. If you are mastered in this skill, you will have little or no trouble sweeping things your level. This skill gives you 2 RT and costs 7 stamina to use. It makes the target prone and inflicts vulnerable and staggered upon success. Applies Vulnerable for (15 + (Rank * 5)) seconds, and Staggered for (Success Margin / 6) seconds. Vulnerable makes the target more likely to be hit in a lethal location on your next attack, and Staggered gives them RT so they are unable to act.
This skill is based on the SMR2 system for combat maneuvers. See the page on SMR2 for more information on how this works.
Training in Sweep
First of all, sweep tasks have an exact pattern they follow, unlike the other skills which are random. The order of sweep tasks are this: Critters, sweeping a fellow guild member, getting swept by a fellow guild member, skilled masters, dummies, then sweeping the courtyard. There is only one thing that will ever change in this pattern - sometimes the training administrator will skip dummies. Your first rank of sweep is what I call a "freebie" rank. All you have to do is sweep a skilled master and then you get a rank. After this, the fun begins...
Critters - In order to complete this task, you must find a critter that is near your level to practice sweep on. Until you are level 20, you must find a critter that is no more than 6 levels below you. Once you are level 20, any critter no more than 10 levels below you will work. And way down the road, once you become level 80, any critter no more than 20 levels below you will do the job. Most people who join the guild at 15, sweep hill trolls by the hanging inn. Once they stop working for you, try dark orcs, then mountain ogres, then krolvin mercinaries, then warriors, then warfarers. After them, hooded figures or rotting corpses are probably best. Finding critters to sweep is fairly easy. This task gives you 15 training points and 150 exp.
*Note, there is a second equation that is sometimes involved in deciding how many levels below you a critter can be and you still be able to get reps from it. If the answer to this equation is lower than the numbers stated above, then it takes the place of them. It's very rare that people fall under this equation. The equation is this: [(Level/5) + (Guild rank/4) + 3] = Levels below you in which a critter can be and still give you reps. So if you were level 20, and only had a guild rank of 11, then a critter must be no more than 9 levels below you in order for you to get reps from it. But at 12 ranks, this equation would no longer be a factor, because the answer would be 10 (20/5) + 12/4 + 3 = 10), which is not lower than the numbers stated in the paragraph above.
Sweeping a fellow guild member - The best place to do this is in the courtyard center of the guild. You need to find someone with no more than two ranks less than you to sweep. You can try asking out loud for someone to sweep, or you can use the "gld rank" command to help you find someone with enough ranks. "Gld rank" won't tell you how many sweep ranks they have, just overall ranks, so you'll have to whisper to the person and ask them if they have enough. When I sweep someone, I like to pull them up. It makes it easier for them, and it seems to go faster. Remember to take off any flaring or spiked armor or armor accessories before you sweep someone, as sweep can trigger it! This task gives you 12 training points and 120 exp. The person being swept gets 10 exp per rep you get from them.
Getting swept by a fellow guild member - This is just like the previous task, but you must get swept instead. This task gives you 10 training points and 100 exp. The person sweeping gets 10 exp per rep you get from them.
*Note, guildmasters give double reps. Don't feel bad about asking them for help all the time. Most don't mind at all.
Skilled masters - The masters are located NE of the courtyard center (Landing). "Ask (master) about training in (skill)" and they will take you to a secluded corner. The master will explain what you need to do. As you gain more ranks, the masters change what they do a bit. I forget exactly when they change, but eventually they will start sweeping back while you are sweeping them, and then after rank 45, they start swinging too. Make sure you stance dance; It helps a lot - he/she has a much harder time sweeping you. One more thing, make sure your armor is off if it gives you a penalty, and make sure you have your shield out when he swings at you, if you use one. This task gives you 8 training points and 80 exp.
Dummies - This task is hard at first, but becomes VERY easy after you get a few ranks. Dummies are located NW of the courtyard center. First, "go dummie". To sweep the dummies there is a combination of commands you need to know. "Sweep dummie", "get dummie", and "fix dummie". This task gives you 5 training points and 50 exp.
Sweeping the courtyard - This is probably the most tedious sweep task. To sweep the dirt, you must first get a bag and broom. They are located in the storage basement on the tool rack (refer to map), "get broom" and "get bag" from the rack. Every time you fill your bag with dirt, go back to the basement and "put bag in bin". There are 6 places in the guild where there is dirt. All of these are located around the courtyard (Landing). To sweep the dirt, you "push broom". Keep doing this until there is no more dirt (1-3 sweeps per room, unless someone makes more dirt while you are doing it.), then "get pile". Once your bag has 8 sweeps worth of dirt in it, dump it in the bin and you will get a rep. If you need more dirt, you can "put bag in bin" even if it isn't full, and it will spawn more dirt in the courtyard. This task gives you 5 training points and 50 exp.