Amen about the trade skills - it took UO over a year to get a clue, I
wonder if EQ will come around - the jury is still out.
>No, the level system is limited, but not crippling. What's
>crippling is Verant having nerfed anything resembling a trade
>skill to the point where they're pointless, unprofitable, or
>ineffective. That means the *only* way to achieve anything in
>this game is via leveling. UO is way ahead of EQ on this
>point (which in part is why UO has such different problems
>than EQ, or EQ doesn't have some of the problems UO has if you
>want to think of it that way).
>
>--
>John H. Kim
>kim@...