[ZeonOne]

These are my estimate after completing this amount of skill. As you can see, in the beginning, the new player can get the first 2 skills with the same time as the older player getting 1 skill. At this rate, the new player can eventually catch up.

Skill 1 around 21 days completion time frame
Skill 2 around 24 days completion time frame
Skill 3 around 27 days completion time frame
Skill 4 around 30 days completion time frame
Skill 5 around 33 days completion time frame
Skill 6 around 36 days completion time frame
Skill 7 around 39 days completion time frame
Skill 8 around 43 days completion time frame


Plus, Skill does not increase your attack dramatically. You can always compensate by increasing your stats. Plus, taking down an opponent is not all about critical hit, its about overall average damage.

//This is based on 1 Skill increase an average damage of 6 per hit.
For example.
Player A with 7 Skill with an accuracy of 45 stats can dealt an average of 200 damage.
Player B with 2 Skill with an accuracy of 45 stats can dealt an average of 170 damage.

I strongly believe that if Player B increase their accuracy at a much faster rate than Player A, player B can do much more damage than player A easily.


Of course, as the higher player get skill to a new high ground, there should be some type of bonus for hardcore dedicated individual for a boost. I can definitely see the Skill trainer once per month as a visible solution. Maybe we can put this Skill trainer on the same day as the Gymboree. They will have to choose, Skill or Gymboree. You gain something, u lose something. Pretty fair

And, I am here since the Skill has been introduce, so, either way, it wont bother me. My point is, if later, I get level 15 skill in a weapon. A new guy will take 2 years+ to catch up with me in Skill. (If he's lucky) I do not mind giving any hardcore player a slight advantage to catch up.