It is important to keep in mind fails/misses/etc. also can increase a skill.
Also, if you are practicing weapon skills, you *cannot* increase your skill on a green mob. You can bash on green mobs all you want, but you will never advance in melee skill (just like character level).
I am not sure about the claim that a successful combine/hit/etc. has a higher chance of giving your a skill-up than a fail. I would suspect, all attempts get same "dice roll".
In any of the tradeskills, you can always fail, even if you are high skill. And you will fail. This game is not designed to be pleasant, sometimes.
There are many varieties of fail in eq. Spell fizzles are my fave. They are set pretty soft tho on p99 it seems. Devs should maybe think of tweaking the fizzle dial a little. CH is totally overpowered and needs a *much* higher fizzle rate imo. As it stands, it's pretty brainless to keep a tank up using...... CCH
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