Game Mechanics Rename Skill Points

After lurking through the Wynncraft discord for years, and occasionally hopping in #questions to see what I can do to help, there's one question that people will notice gets asked among the most frequently by new players, and that is:

What skill should I invest in?


*do note, I mean no harm to this user, this is just one of the most recent examples I have seen in the discord

Skill points in game currently refer to Strength, Dexterity, Intelligence, Defense, and Agility, and the amount you invest in any number of them at a time. Why do I think they should be renamed? Because I feel they almost seem misleading, or at least do not accurately represent what their purpose is in Wynncraft's building system.

In a great many other games, including a server I had been playing recently, Monumenta, skill points almost always refer to adding a point to a certain active/passive ability that makes them stronger, and not always in pure statistical degrees. Wynncraft's abilities, spells, also do become stronger over time, but not from any direct action from the player, and happen passively over time as you level up. Skill points in Wynncraft are a lot different from those in other games, as they do not necessarily work to solely improve your spells, but act as relatively purely statistical bonuses and determine what items you can actually use/wear. These work perfectly great for Wynn's building system, astonishingly so for a Minecraft server, but are incredibly misleading as to how they actually work. And while completely theoretical, in the event Wynn ever does add more spell customization and diversity in the form of any spell tree, the name of skill points would be much better suited for such.

I'm unsure what name would be apt to replace "skill points", and while something as simple as "stat points" would be a lot more accurate, it's a lot less interesting to say. I'm not going to claim that simply changing the name of skill points would immediately solve the lack of transparency, but I do believe it would be overall better to illustrate their place in the game. I'd love to hear more opinions on what they should be renamed, if at all.

 

Ability Point :))))

 

sure but something that doesn't start with S please

sp sp wait this isn't a problem if soul points get removed

 

how do i vote for both options