Greatest EQ myths/urban legends.

[guineapig]

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

People still argue all the time as to whether skills like smithing go up based on your STR or INT or WIS or whatever.

From my extensive use of tradeskills on live and other emus, I've come to the (albeit uninformed) conclusion that having a high WIS will give you more successful attempts on average, but raising of skill seems entirely random from what I've seen.

I've almost always trade skilled on a High Elf of one form or another, and I've noticed a far better success % in crafting with them (high wis/int) than I do with elves and dorfs and the like with whom I'd fletch or smith with. I still swear Bubbles is the best smith I've ever had, and her base STR is like 75 or so.

(I will preface this by saying that I have not done extensive research so I could be wrong.)

All tradeskill skill ups are (at least supposed to be) based on which ever is highest: wisdom of intelligence). It did not however have any baring on your success rate and was never supposed to. Success rate is purely determined by your current skill versus the trivial skill level of the item you are attempting to craft.

Smithing is the exception to this rule in so much that strength can also be taken as the primary stat when determining skill ups in smithing. This was done so that warriors and other melee classes don't get completely boned by their lack of intelligence / wisdom when it comes to such an important skill for them.

Source: http://www.eqtraders.com/articles/ar...r=030000000000