There is a base skill number for each level. When you get Dual Wield at
17th, your skill is already (level * 2). I know this only because when I
became a Guide (a Bard, BTW) I was buffed to Apprentice Guide status (level
20) by the server's GM. So off I went at level 20 without having trained
any skills. Guides and GMs are just player characters, so I had to start
pounding my Sense Heading button to train the skill up. Much to my surpise
my first increase was "You have become better at Sense Heading(41)."
Crier Sharpsong
> From: scott@... (scott brisko)
>
> I had an odd experience with training or not training duel wield.
>
> I hit level 17 and decided to head back to Kelethin to pick my new song. I
> knew that I could now use duel wield and that I probably need to
> point into
> it for it to work, but I forgot to train in Freeport before I
> left, and then
> when I arrived at Kelethin I forgot to train there as well.
>
> Now back in Freeport I went to the guild intent on putting some
> points into
> duel wield before I returned to hunting in Oasis. But to my
> surprise when I
> scrolled down to duel wield in the skills window I did not see
> the friendly
> "no charge" text, but a charge of 1 plat 3 gold. Hmmm.
>
> So off I went to oasis, equipped my dwarven axe and combine longsword and
> proceeded to pound crocs..
>
> You have become better at duel wield (35)
>
> So I am stumped. I never tried to use two weapons before, didn't train it,
> and all of a sudden I am starting out with a skill of 34.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Bernwyn
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Abraham Hardjana <ahardjan@...>
> To: <eqbards@onelist.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 10:22 AM
> Subject: RE: [eqbards] dual weild
>
>
> > From: Abraham Hardjana <ahardjan@...>
> >
> > Well you are able to live without putting a asingle point into
> the skill.
> > It will take forever to get the first few points through actually using
> > it. I tried to do begging from scratch while waiting for the boat. I
> > think I had to hit that button about 200-300 times before I got the
> > begging(1) message. What can I say I took the boat a lot in my
> youth back
> > in the days when there was only one boat travelling from
> Butcherblock and
> > Freeport ^_^.
> >
> > Treilanin Loreweaver
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 17 Nov 1999, Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas) wrote:
> >
> > > From: "Garramone, Michael (CCI-Las Vegas)" <Michael.Garramone@...>
> > >
> > > like many skills (e.g. warrior's double attack) i thought we
> had to put
> 1
> > > skill point into duel wield to learn the basics. could be
> wrong though
> > > hehe.
> > >
> > > Shada
> >
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