What do you do with your skill points?

[Green]

I never really knew what was best to do with them back in the day and still don't now.
I remember training archery with them on my Paladin once.. Didn't help as much as I had hoped...

I am thinking about saving some time and using them to up my blacksmithing.
Only reason I hesitate is because you can't get them back..

What do you all use them for?

[Keldonis]

They're really only good for raising skills that raise slowly on their own, or languages. You can only skill up to 21 (I think?) on any trade skill so don't hesitate to use them for that.

[Ihealyou]

You can only train a tradeskill up to 20 or something. Skill points just sit around, really.

[Ektar]

1 point in anything that needs 1 point, then hoard them like they mean something.

with plans to train languages one day then never do it.

[Comapavik]

Originally Posted by Ektar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

1 point in anything that needs 1 point, then hoard them like they mean something.

with plans to train languages one day then never do it.

[Estu]

If you're an INT caster, you can use them to raise Research to its maximum (getting it to 200 costs several thousand plat, though you can get it higher too). This is costly, but much faster than any other method and probably worth it.

Otherwise, I tend to spend them on starting up tradeskills and putting 1 point into languages. They're not really of much use.

[Vohl]

For monks, I'd suggest saving them up, spending one as needed for new skills, then dumping them all into Intimidation (which otherwise takes forever to raise).

[Wizerud]

Sense Heading seems to take forever to go from 0-21 normally so I always use 20 points for that.

[FAHall]

Originally Posted by Wizerud [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sense Heading seems to take forever to go from 0-21 normally so I always use 20 points for that.

Put 1 point into sense heading to get it started (otherwise it doesn't seem to go up at all).

Then make a sense heading hotbutton or two and map it to your movement keys (arrows, WASD, or whatever you prefer).

Sense heading will be maxed within a few hours played time. Then remap the keys so you don't have you chat window filled with "You think you are heading ____" messages.

[Sofaqing]

Originally Posted by Wizerud [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sense Heading seems to take forever to go from 0-21 normally so I always use 20 points for that.

Just bind an often used key to sense heading, like left or right. Then every time you move, you'll sense heading and chance for a skill up. You should max it in just a couple days.