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Message ID: 1635
Date: Fri Dec 17 16:48:05 GMT 1999
Author: Brian Nelson
Subject: Re: Skill Cap


Hehe my pleasure! I made level 31 this morning, what a great day!

Brillian

----- Original Message -----
From: Malcolm O'Callaghan <malcolmo@...>
To: <EQ_Tinkering@onelist.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 4:57 PM
Subject: RE: [EQ_Tinkering] Skill Cap


> From: Malcolm O'Callaghan <malcolmo@...>
>
> BRAVO!!!!
>
> Finally someone backing their statements up with more than just name
calling
> and bad grammar.
>
> Thank you Brillian! You have rekindled my interest in tinkering.
>
> Haxtonia Firewater, Wayward Gnomish Mage (Mith Marr)
>
> > From: "Brian Nelson" <rock-on@...>
> >
> > As far as skill cap goes, I'll just let you all know that
> > it USED to be
> > capped at (level - 15) * 5. But Verant has recently either
> > removed the skill
> > cap or changed it. How do I know this? Because I have been
> > level 30 for
> > about a month and a half now, and I have been tinkering a
> > whole lot in that
> > time. I was stuck for the longest time at 75 skill. I don't
> > just think I was
> > stuck, I know I was because I made over 150 spyglasses after
> > I was already
> > at 75 skill and I didn't get a single skill point increase. I
> > was selling
> > the spyglasses for between 70pp and 100pp and I sold over 150 of them,
> > making me become one of the richest level 30 players I know.
> > I didn't care
> > much about the skill cap or being able to make aqualungs or
> > even leveling, I
> > was raking in the dough and that was all that I cared about.
> > Well last week
> > while I was making more spyglasses to sell my skill level
> > suddenly increased
> > to 76 and I was completely astonished! I then proceeded to spend a few
> > thousand platinum on spyglasses and stalking probes and a few
> > painstaking
> > hours later I was a master tinkerer. My skill is now 103 and I have
> > attempted 6 aqualungs. I have made 3 out of those 6 attempts.
> > In my experience, I believe it is possible that tinkering MAY now be
> > capped at Level * 5 - 13 (maybe not), but it used to be
> > capped at (level -
> > 15) * 5. I do know though that it is no longer capped at
> > (level - 15) * 5.
> >
> > Brillian
> > 30 Wizard
> > Solusek Ro
>
>