Harvesting skills dropped by 5

[Lancealittle]

<DIV>Before the big patch I had worked to get my harvesting skills to 140 before I went to EL.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I was level 29 when I got to EL and I did not go there till after the big patch.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When I got there I was able to harvest stone, but nothing else. I checked out my skills and they had all dropped by 5 points. I thought maybe I had a rollback on the day I got my final points, so did not /bug it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I then logged on my level 8 character and went to do the Valentines day quest. I had gotten his skills to 20 on the IOR so I could harvest tier 2, but his skill was now too low for Antonica.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I took him to the city zones and started to build his harvesting. Up to this point he had not seen an animals den. The first skill up I got for trapping put him at 11. The base for these skills used to be 15, but it seems they were now 10.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Both characters are also just level 3 crafters. I'm not sure if that's a factor.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Ceruline]

Lance, could this be it? From the first round of patch notes for the Feb 9 patch:- A bug that was giving some characters extra points in certain skills has been corrected. For example, Artisans will no longer receive 5 extra points in the skills they stop advancing when they choose a class or subclass, and Brawlers no longer gain extra Deflection at lower levels.It sounds like the base for the harvesting skills was supposed to be 10 rather than 15, and it's being fixed.<p>Message Edited by Ceruline on <span class=date_text>02-16-2005</span> <span class=time_text>08:37 AM</span>

[Lancealittle]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Ceruline wrote:<BR>Lance, could this be it? From the first round of patch notes for the Feb 9 patch:<BR><BR>- A bug that was giving some characters extra points in certain skills has been corrected. For example, Artisans will no longer receive 5 extra points in the skills they stop advancing when they choose a class or subclass, and Brawlers no longer gain extra Deflection at lower levels.<BR><BR><BR>It sounds like the base for the harvesting skills was supposed to be 10 rather than 15, and it's being fixed. <P>Message Edited by Ceruline on <SPAN class=date_text>02-16-2005</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>08:37 AM</SPAN><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>That may be it. I'll check on a character that has not harvested anything to see if all his skills are at 10.</P> <P>Suprised no one else noticed this happening. I probably only did because I went from being able to harvest tier 4 to not being able to.</P> <P> I know if this is intentional and not explained better in the patch notes it will generate a lot of bug tickets. <BR></P>

[Rondari]

<DIV>I did seem to notice that happening. It was odd and I shook it off as signs of senility.  I was sure I had capped my skills one night.  The next night I was skilling up a few points again.  The other think I noticed is that skill caps seem to be going up 5pts at a time when you level, Instead of 1pt for every 20%.  I was 40% into 29 and my skill caps for harvesting are all at 149 while my other melee type skills were still going up 1pt every 20%, harvesting was now sitting at the cap for 29.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rondari</DIV>