Tradeskills - is this normal?

[Cecily]

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

Thank you for the feedback. I don't know with certainty to say you're wrong on this, but based on my experience trade skills at lower levels skilled up much more frequently than they seem to do now when I do combines in the 170s. Maybe I misunderstood your example?

I'm pretty sure he's wrong. You have much higher chance of raising skill on a successful combine than on a fail, therefore lower trivial items will result in more successful crafts and overall more skill ups. The only reason to grind on super high, relative to your skill, trivials is if the combine is simpler, cheaper, or otherwise easier to mass produce like if you had a glut of materials for it.

That's half of it. I believe the INT/WIS part comes in on likelihood to raise skill on a fail. Dalden had an amazing post awhile back detailing all this in much more detailed detail. But that's how I remember it.