The elusive trade skill skill-up...

[Axlrose]

I must be running into a streak of bad luck getting any skill-ups in any trade skills.

Seven characters with various stats in dexterity, intelligence, and wisdom performing baking, blacksmithing, brewing, fletching, and tailoring in numerous amounts (over fifty various combinations) and not seeing "You have improved your [skill] (x)!" once. Yes, I am attempting combinations just beyond my current skills and nothing drastic (like Velious pelts with tailoring skills in the 20s).

Long ago, one of the rumors that was never proven right or wrong was the developers could twink the numbers towards success and increases. Perhaps with people training due to the Velious trade skill quests, the numbers were altered to be harder.

Or again, I am on a very bad streak.

Anybody else noticing bad luck issues lately, especially around the holiday season here?