Caster Defense Skill

[Amendale]

A little unclear on how defense is or should be working.

Old web sites, and my memory, suggest that it is something like (level+1)*5. This means my level 16 mage should max out at 85. However, he is maxed out at 63. For the past few levels, I get 3 skill ups, and they occur pretty quickly. By the first bubble of experience I am done and get nothing more.

Offense, incidentally, is stalled at 64... and in the ole' days, offense would cap slightly *below* defense!

Anybody shed light on how it works here?