Re: DM: Is maxing skills worth it?

From: crip@eebbs.isis.org (Garth Werner)

Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1992 18:44:41 +0000

dao@d62iggy.mitre.org (David A. Ondzes) writes:

>
> >	 If you need an important stat raise, such as wit to a 17, but you are afra
> >	 of loosing those 5 skills, do it anyway.  If you max out on skills with a
> >	 wit (which would take a while) you could probably only raise it to a 22 in
> >	 AD.  If you raised wit to a 17, you would be able to raise it to a 23 in A
> >	 "gaining" those lost skills back.
> >
> 	This is Wrong ! The advantage in ADM is that first 3 stats trains for
> any stat are at the highest perentage, and then they start dropping normally.
> So if you are lucky and train a stats 3 times in normal DM, when you get to
> ADM the next stat train will have a equal chance as the second on in normal
> DM. There is no way around it, if you train important stats then you are
> going to lose skills permently.

You are right about the odds of raising stats in DM vs ADM here, but
what I was curious about, is if you have a warrior who is maxed in all but 1
or 2 areas, is it worth finishing off the skills, or should the w/l record
be priority for quick improvement.  I know what I'm doing, I'm looking to
see what everyone else thinks before I announce my reply.

Garth

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Re: DM: Is maxing skills worth it?
dao@d62iggy.mitre.org (David A. Ondzes)
Wed, 15 Jul 1992 13:32:27 +0000

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Re: DM: Is maxing skills worth it?
dao@d62iggy.mitre.org (David A. Ondzes)
Wed, 15 Jul 1992 13:32:27 +0000