Research Still Goes above 200 Without AA?

[rowacorn]

At the risk of asking a dumb question:
(ok, with the certain knowledge I'm asking a dumb question)

Is Research still one of those skills that doesn't care if you have other skills over 200? In particular, I have brewing at 250. I have Research at 200.

Research was climbing reasonably quickly in the 190s, maybe a point every 5 combines or so on average. It's done stalled at 200. I've done about 20 successful combines and it hasn't moved. The trophy has evolved 3% towards the next level, though.

So am I just being impatient, or do I owe the tradeskill gods 3 AAs?

Rowacorn

[Bobaten]

No AA's are needed. You are just having a small bit of bad luck with the RNG.

[Astroshak]

20 combines without a skillup is not significant. I was averaging well under that in skilling to 250, with a 260 Int, but there were times when I'd go 40-50 combines without a skillup.

If you'd gone 200 combines without a skillup, I could see a reason to wonder. But 20? Nope ... just keep making those Solutions.

[Wyvernwill]

Or you can have my luck, which really didn't thrill me too much in trying to level my trophy before they maxed... I went from 225 to 243 in 73 combines. Granted, it's an amazing rate of skill gain, something I should have been happy about, but having almost 200 combines worth of stuff left over left me feeling a touch bitter and irritated. Especially since I have only 70% on the trophy atm.

[Qaladar Bragollach]

Make em all anyway... if you make any serious attempt to skill up past 243 you will eventually use up all those solutions.

[Wyvernwill]

I ended up making solutions for the 63/64 spells in addition. If I skill up, it's not going to be on Runic Parchments any time soon. It's not worth the added waste of money at a higher failure rate that isn't even going to make my trophy happy.

[Astroshak]

I ended up making solutions for the 63/64 spells in addition. If I skill up, it's not going to be on Runic Parchments any time soon. It's not worth the added waste of money at a higher failure rate that isn't even going to make my trophy happy.

I had a stash of parchments, 9-11 each of the 62, 63, 64 parchments, and 19 of the 65 parchments. Once I hit 243 and had them cleaned, I used all of the 62-64 parchments to make spells for my necro, then to put into my guild's bank. These got me to 250.

I made 17 out of 18 level 65 spell combines successfully, with the trophy being at 0% in the 250-300 range (expert? I forget the nomenclature for the different levels) with Arcane Tongues 3, at a base skill of 250. I wouldn't worry about the success rate on the runic parchments; I would worry that runics cannot advance the trophy until a skill of 251, so making lower level spells until you hit 251 at a minimum can help both your trophy, and your later skilling (when those lower level spells are already trivial).