Same experience here. I sank 300plat into tinkering (flameless lanterns)
and didn't increase one darn skill point. That's either broken, or a sick
joke on verants side. Good lord they must be laughin their asses off at
people that are tryin to raise skill in tinkering. With the stuff being
non-stackable (for the most part), it takes forever and a year to make
stuff, and then to get no skill raise. Ugh!

Xalastile
Retired Gnome Magician/Tinkere
Xegony

----- Original Message -----
From: Sean Dorsey <sdorsey@...>
To: <EQ_Tinkering@onelist.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 1999 9:49 PM
Subject: [EQ_Tinkering] Tinkering skill increase

> From: "Sean Dorsey" <sdorsey@...>
>
> I just did a Petition to a GM today, and after being shuffled around a
bit,
> I was able to bring up that I was a 29th level Gnome that has been
Tinkering
> for quite a while and had sunk over 100 plat into getting ONE tick, and I
> tought Tinkering skill was broke or messed up. He said he heard of cases
> that 10,000 Plat was needed to get a point, I kinda lost it there and
called
> EQ many names we can't say in public (but not to him, just to EQ, not a
good
> idea to piss of a Guide ;)
>
> So, I wanted to see if there were any Gnomes that did get their skill up,
> and if so how? You can check to see if your skill has moved from its base
> 50 by going to your skills and checking to see if it is still "Below
> Average" or not, as average stats at 51.
>
> Trying to find a pattern here, GM said Tinkering not broken, I say it is
> from what I have seen on my character, and from listening to others.
>
> Dass Swiftruner,
> Cazic-Thul
>
>
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