[shadowinc]

skills do help alot, what alot does not understand is if you have somebody who trains in either melee or ranged they are going to be better, so go ahead and get 3 ranks in each defense skill, and when somebody who has a 7 to 9 in a weapon hits you then you will understand the logic, i have a rank 8 in longblade and a couple in other skills, i can tell you every rank i go up in my weapon i can see a diff