Yeah, I'm not super into the idea of grinding so thanks for the recommendation.

I'm in a weird spot where I want to have some level of skill progression but not it being a grind. I also want some level of punishment for getting killed but I don't want someone to want to quit because they lose everything and it will take them forever to get it back. And also having a legit fear of death where you are working and doing everything you can not to die and feeling like you have skin on the game.

I'm out of my element because I haven't really played enough to know what I don't know but it would be cool if each person picked a "class" that they could progress their relevant skills much faster and tertiary skills may be a grind to progress. So maybe you are a medic but you progressed construction skills up but you did. Maybe you get back as a medic quickly because you have a book collection or journal mod (?) but re-learning construction takes much longer.

Not sure, but thanks for the suggestion!