Geerlok vs. GM Trophy vs. Skill Caps

[Anthalia]

Hello!

I have a question regarding Skill Caps and the combined use of the GM Trophy and Geerlok.

With a trade skill of 250, each item separately adds 12.5 points; together 25 points.
Will I get the percentage bonus from both items with a trade skill of 250? Or is 255 the absolute limit on skill caps, period?

Anthalia
51st level Tunarian Ranger
250 GM Fletcher
Master (in varying degrees) in all the rest.
Bertoxxolous Server

[Arista]

- skill modifiers do not stack, only the highest % modifier is used
- the skill cap is 252, not 255

See this thread in the FAQ section

[Anthalia]

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Q: If my skill is 250, would one of these geerlok tools make my skill 262?
A: No, modified skills are capped at 252. In fact, once your skill reaches 240, any skill ups that you get would be meaningless since your skill will be capped at 252.
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Arista, thank you for pointing me to the thread with the info on the geerlok. However, there is no explaination as to how the cap of 252 is derived. In fact the information just prior to this question was stating a skill cap of 255. I think the article is well done, it just does not answer where the number of 252 is coming from.

I would be deeply grateful if someone could shed some light on this topic for me. Keep in mind, I am not a mathmatician by any stretch of the imagination!

Yours in Honor,
Anthalia

[Aryshem]

240 + 5% from Geerlok or Trophy = 252

[Inien of Vazaelle]

252 is the hard cap for all skills. I believe it was stated as such at one of the passed fan faires.

[Qaladar Bragollach]

Verant stated that 252 was the hard cap a long time ago. Apparently they use 8 bits to store skill values but the 2 low order bits are used for something else so the biggest number they can represent is 252.

[Arista]

According to the DenMother herself (see this thread) the 252 cap was confirmed several times with the devs.