Skill rate slow doan near max skill

[Shendare]

Yeah, that was my thought, too. If skillups are too inconvenient for your server's philosophy, may as well max 'em at level up.

zone/exp.cpp - Client::SetLevel() - Line ~604

...
	Log.Out(Logs::General, Logs::Normal, "Setting Level for %s to %i", GetName(), set_level);

	CalcBonuses();

	// Set all skills to max:
	for (uint32 i = 0; i <= HIGHEST_SKILL; ++i) {
		// Skip specialized, tradeskills (fishing excluded), Alcohol Tolerance, and Bind Wound
		if (EQEmu::IsSpecializedSkill((SkillUseTypes)i) ||
				(EQEmu::IsTradeskill((SkillUseTypes)i) && i != SkillFishing) ||
				i == SkillAlcoholTolerance || i == SkillBindWound)
			continue;

		pp->skills[i] = database.GetSkillCap(pp->class_, (SkillUseTypes)i, 1);
	}


	if(!RuleB(Character, HealOnLevel)) {
		int mhp = CalcMaxHP();
...

Note: Untested. Just found the appropriate places in the code to copy/paste from and to.

[starblight]

I had seen a post about how to do this but it was using the old code not the lua. so sounds like I would have had to revert back to an old script or rewrite the code. setting it at level up also would have maxed out all skills. It is a thin line but still faster then I would like. While both fixes work I still would rather have the Character::SkillUpModifier work so I can fine tune the rate. As we play I am still figuring out the best rate. While the default settings was way to slow my new setting is a little fast. I most likely should have set it closer to 30%-40%. I am curious though are others having issues with the default skill rate being very slow? It is a lot slower then I recall on live.

[AdrianD]

Thanks for posting that Shendare. Bookmarked for later use.

I think the perception of rate of skillup on or vs live will be varied across the board. I'm pretty sure they changed it several times during the life of EQ. I recall it being slower in earlier expansions I played in but, this is my perception.

My rule_value for this setting is at 100 with recent code. I will have the same rate as anyone else with the same code, et al. My perception is:

I have noticed for quite a while that skills like parry/dodge/rip/foraging? and some others skill up extremely fast. Even with mid/high skill values (say, max for a lvl 40) these skills balloon quickly. On the other hand, weapon skills/offense/defense increase much, much slower, maybe 10/20+ times slower.

I don't think most of them are slow at all. Weapon skills/offense/defense could use a tweak, but that's just me.

While both fixes work I still would rather have the Character::SkillUpModifier work so I can fine tune the rate.

I think you may need to alter the code if you want it to work how you want it to work.