Research is definitely capped and is easier to prove than Tinkering. You
may continue to put practice points into it each and every level until you
hit the cap for that level. Once you hit the cap, at the next level you
will be able to raise the skill EXACTLY 5 more points whether you do it
through actually using the skill or spending practice points. The fact is
that every mage has known that research is level capped since it was
implemented. It was only fairly recently (two or three months) that it was
shown that Tinkering follows the same cap formula as Research (which btw is
(level - 15) * 5 for levels 20 or greater. For levels 16 through 18 you
can add one point, 19 adds 2 points ).

GZ may be very forthcoming, but on this point he is also very wrong.

Calbasil Psyrex of Ak'Anon (Bertoxx)
House of Silmindo
Level 33 Enchanter
Skill 90 Researcher AND Tinkerer

At 02:08 PM 12/14/99 -0800, you wrote:

>From: Malcolm O'Callaghan <malcolmo@...>
>
>> From: Diablokilr@...
>>
>> Believe me I have been on the one list for a LONG time the
>> cap is LEVEL X 5
>> -13
>>
>>
>> If you dont beleive me tell GZ to chek the live servers himself
>
>I was speaking to the assertion that research is capped - we all know that
>tinkering has been capped since release and is soon to be fixed.
>
>>
>