Project 1999 - Game Mechanics: Starting Weapon Skill and Taunt

Players used to start out with a 0 in all weapon skills and taunt required 1 point to be placed in it before skill ups began. They now start with 5 points in the skill of their starting weapon.

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Originally Posted by May 14, 2003 Patch Notes

All New Characters now start with a weapon skill - In order to help the new player that might forget to train with their weapon before heading out to defeat their first enemy (and even for those of us that have been playing a while and still forget to do this), all new characters now start off with a skill of 5 in their primary weapon.

Taunt no longer requires training - Similarly, Taunt now works without being trained. Characters still start out with a skill of 0, but the skill can increase with use.