Okay. PLEASE don't take this as a restart of the WHAT IS THE SKILL CAP
argument. But rather a suggestion. I'm a level 20 Gnome Mage and have been
actively tinkering for months now.. even before I hit level 16. I was
eagerly awaiting the day that I hit 16 and could raise my "tinkering skill"
with training. Heck I even saved up 25 points for that sole purpose. Well,
I hit level 16 and CAN'T train in the skill. Sooo... I have spent the last
4 levels trying to get SOME kind of skill improvement. And so far to date I
have only gotten my Tinkering to raise from 50 to 53. I have spent and
BURNED atleast 500 to 600 Platinum Pieces trying to get my skill to
improve. I tried everything from Flameless Lanterns to Spyglasses. If I got
a success, I tried to sell it for some kind of profit and put that same
money right back into tinkering.

Well, to make a long story short. I have burned WAY too much money and am
TIRED of this nonsense. Shamans have Alchemy (which granted can be more
expensive even than tinkering), and there was a recent addition for shamans
to be able to put training points into Alchemy.

WHAT ABOUT TINKERING?!?!?

I say we start a write in campaign of e-mail, or a petition.. or SOMETHING
to let Verant know that we Gnomes are tired of wasting needless amounts of
cash to raise a skill that we can not train in... plus making things worse
it being the MOST expensive trade skill in EQ. Something needs to be done
about this.

Tuni Gearspinner
20th Season Mage Gnome
Karana Server