I have noticed the same thing. Skill ups are very slow now on some types of skills - weapon skills for sure. To the point that they appear to be stuck for the cap of the current level and will not advance until you reach the next level.
Indeed something has changed and it isn't right. There was a coding change made to skillups or caps in a recent patch (don't remember who/what/when). It is very likely that the change from that recent patch has had this unforseen negative impact.
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