"My point was more that if trends are to be considered, every time we relinquish an inch our more vocal players are going to demand another mile. I think history is a good precedent but agree that it is not necessarily a valid basis for design decisions today in and of itself."

Do it because it is the right decision to make, regardless of complaints. Consider the impossible and work backward to a good solution.


Consider what the impact would be if you could practice, in your guild, every skill/spell to 100% given the current level of % per point of int. Would that really break the game?

I personally don't think so. Hell, the number of invokers would skyrocket, but who cares? At the end of the day, trains and practices are temporary and would allow me a very clear cost benefit choice. Do I want to spend 10hp on getting assassin kicks to 91%, or 10-20 hours? 100hp for an invoker that I don't have to spam? Sure.

There are numerous options for less drastic measures as well. Does my skill % in detect invis really affect my "investment" into a character? No. Is there any reason this spell should fail past level 10? Not that I can think of...