Skill migration

[AestheticDeath]

OK, so I tried searching the forums for migration info, but mostly found characters for sale mentioning the word.

So, my question is this: How long does it take to actually migrate your skills. The thing talks about a 30 day migration period, and then list a skill that takes over that 30 days to actually finish. So can someone explain which is the one to go by, or if they are both correct in some way?

And how come I am having trouble using new TPs to get skills while migrating?

[Bobmuhthol]

It takes a long, long time, and depends on how many training points you're migrating and how many you've already migrated in the 30-day cycle. SKILLS (FULL) will tell you how quickly you're migrating and how much time is left in the cycle. It can easily take more than 30 days to complete.

And because that's just how the system works. Migration isn't supposed to be easy or convenient.

[StrayRogue]

The in game documentation is pretty decent at explaining I think:

In a given thirty day period, you are allowed the quicker rate for the first sixty (60) training points you wish to untrain. Crossing that threshhold takes you into a secondary pool of twenty (20) training points that migrate at a significantly slower rate than the initial sixty, but still faster than the normal rate. Once you have exceeded the total pool of points for the quicker rates, migration takes place at the normal rate.

The mechanics are such that small migrations of a few ranks in a given thirty day period are 'relatively' quick and more dramatic changes or changes exceeding a few ranks in a thirty day period take significantly longer. The number of ranks you can migrate at the quicker rates is dependant on how many training points the ranks cost.


- What does ASAP mean?

It means 'As Soon As Possible,' in other words as soon as you have training points available either from gaining new points due to gaining experience or gaining a training point back from reducing a skill via the skill migrator.


- How does the migrator determine what skill to raise first?

Skills with the lowest training point cost will always increase before those with more expensive requirements.


- Why isn't the migrator instantaneous?

The skill migrator was never meant to be a way to make dramatic changes to your character from one day to the next, rather it was meant to provide you with a way to tweak and fix your character's training. It also allows the developers to provide means for players to adapt when significant changes are made that invalidate a previously viable training path or significantly change the way a given training path is 'played.'


- Why are you using online time rather than 'real' time?

The migrator system empowers you to correct minor flaws in your past training. It is not meant to allow you to make dramatic changes to your character, such as going from a lockpicker to an enchanter by setting some goals and logging out for six months.

If you want your character to be a lockpicker, then you should train to be a lockpicker. If your character is currently a lockpicker, but you really wanted to be an enchanter and you have exceeded the initial grace periods for migration, then you are going to have to commit yourself to migrating your skills at the normal rate.


- What if my character is unviable because I am migrating 160 ranks in edged weapons to 160 ranks in ranged weapons?

Unfortunately, you are trying to use the system in a manner contrary to its intended purpose. Consequently, it is not going to be easy to do and it is going to require a lot of time and sacrifice on your part.

Before GemStone IV's release, the only way you could change your ranks was by rerolling your character.

Finally, the use of FIXSKILLS granted once a year on May 20th (also known as the Festival of Oleani) gives you the ability to instantly convert your current skill ranks to your skill rank goals. Keep in mind that these annual FIXSKILLS do not accumulate, so you cannot 'save them up.'

[AestheticDeath]

Thats very helpful, and I really appreciate the answers, but it raises my next question: What if I go over the 80 'fast' moving ranks, and decided to do whatever amount over... say 120. Would I get the 'fast' rate again during the start of the next 30 days? Or should I not try and migrate more than the 60-80 at a time?

[Latrinsorm]

You get the fast rate back in your next 30-day.