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For the Wis based classes...Shaman, Pally, etc....Does Int play a role in how fast you get a skill raised? Also, does the level of the mob affect your melee skill up rate? It seems like it takes forever to get a melee skill increase on a green mob, but that may just be my impatience.

I am not thinking about tradeskill increases. Just the spell and melee ones. I guess(?) Int rules for tradeskills.

Thanks for your help.

Dex has some effect on your chance to get a melee skillup. Green mobs do indeed give xp now with the new con system change. Gray is the only non-xp color now. I have gotten melee skillups off green mobs, but your chances are better if the mob is closer to your level. You want to get a fast delay weapon and boost Dex and get as much haste as you can when trying to melee skillup.

Wis based casters do not use INT for any skillup I think. Casting skillups are based on your mana stat, in your case WIS, and you can get skillups from casting on gray, green, or any level mob, or from casting on a corpse or yourself for that matter.

Since they changed the color conning system, you now can get both experience and skillups on green mobs.

Everything you ever wanted to know about skillups but were afraid to ask.

Casting skillups depend on whichever is higher int or wis. It's been proven and parsed ad nauseum.

Offensive/defensive skillups can happen on any mob that will give xp so yes that means green mobs now.

Dex is the primary stat used for offensive skillups while agility is the primary stat for defensive.

Yes you can still get skillups while dueling a pet class as long as the pet is at least green to you.

Tradeskills use the higher of int or wis when determining skillups except in a few cases like fletching, smithing which CAN use dex (fletching) or str(smithing) if those are higher than your int/wis.

Tradeskill success rates are determined by your modded skill vs the trivial for the item you are making.

Edited, Dec 30th 2006 12:07pm by Cilrail

IMO i think they should of left it to blues, greys and reds that give exp

Warning: Just to pad the post count, since elne clare is gaining on me with all her asylum posts.

Summing up all of the above posters.
In tradeskills it is your Wisdom or Intelligence whichever is higher for a skill up. There are two trades at which other stats are checked. Blacksmithing will look at Str and work off the higest of the three, and Fletching will use Dex.
For Weapons skills it is dex to improve, for defensive skills such as dodge it is agility.

Someone should sticky this in the FAQ section. Along with a post on "Changes in the game since I last played"