Skinning

[StrayRogue]

My empath will soon be coming of age, and I'm wondering about opinions on skinning. At present he is 3x FA 1.5x Survival. Is 3x pointless? Should I make it an even 2x/2x?

[Betheny]

Tending, for an empath, is pretty useless. All first aid is good for is to lower your roundtimes with herbs. First Aid is also not very important for skinning anymore.

So I guess it depends on what you're training FA for.

It depends on how important you use the other FA abilities such as tend and herb rts.

I would 2x 2x just because they are a 1:1 ratio on the skinning level and would most likely save on TPs.

On top of lower swamp RTs with survival and less reaction to the cold.

[StrayRogue]

Erm, dunno what you're talking about. FA is equally weighted with survival in regards to skinning.

Must not keep up to date with the changes.

[Edited on 3-6-2004 by The Lancer]

[StrayRogue]

The only recent changes to skinning I'm aware of, is the nerfing to the value of the skins themselves. The skills are the same though.

Right, I said 1:1 I was refering to the other post made.

In testing they never told us the numbers and surv was suppose to play a role more than FA, hence the bitching about it.

I would shoot for 2x/2x to save the TPs.

[Snapp]

Maybe I've just heard an incorrect rumor, but doesn't FA also help bone shatter? If so, maybe the 3x is worth it. My empath 2x's it though and .5x's survival.

[Drew2]

Yes, FA increases the crit threshold (or whatever Nakiro calls it) for Bone shatter and Tayre is 3x in it and you should be too.