>Starting at level 5. Mainly because as a newish player, I
>have no ####ing clue what is better than what and 'compare'
>only deals with protective values of armors. If I want to know
>what the stats of an item are I either have to IC bother
>someone of a higher level to ident/lore it for me and feel
>like a newb or guess and hope I'm right. Personally I really
>hate doing the former because it doesn't feel like I'm
>learning, it's more like asking the teacher what the answer is
>rather than an explanation of how to get there. And the latter
>works as well as buying a lotto ticket instead of a retirement
>savings plan.

Actually, you can take the item to Alduk in the Inn of the Eternal Star, and for a small fee, he will identify items for you.

I'm content with where the lore & identify skills are in the game. If there was anything to change it would be the cost of identifying things via Alduk.

So long, and thanks for all the fish!