I seem to remember someone stating that balator weapons lose their "bonus" once you get a weapon's skill past 90%, but I can't find any posts to verify that.

Is that the cutoff? Or, is there even a cutoff?

They're only useful in learning a weapon if you're not very good at it -- in other words, the first handful of % that are easiest to get anyway.

Maybe it's not a big deal, but the fact that you get the "special echo" when wearing them regardless of current weapon skill is a little misleading.

We're not going to tell you the exact point at which they stop being useful.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

I'm fine with that. I'm just pointing out that, without benefit of asking here on the forums, a reasonable person would conclude based on the echo that the weapons provide a benefit all the way up to 100%.

Happy Boots: When you take them off your feet feel better and better, kinda seeming to say you've "grown out of them," at least that's what I always figured it was about.