Skill level caps

[Vidar]

Just a quick question. May have been answered already in previous post and if it has by all means lock this one.

My question is in that I have hit a cap with Distortion wave at 4 levels above the max in the skill tree (e.g skill tree says 12 I have managed to get to 16 but theoretically from +skill gear it should be like 18.) does the game cut out any bonuses to that particular skill there?

or does it register the additional + to skills on top of that but just does not display or calculate it and display it as a stat past a certain point?

The crux of the question for me really is that should I be wasting skill points (item or straight leveling) to go beyond the limit or should I just invest in another skill all together because the current skill is maxed.

Its just been puzzling me really.

[Claudius]

The 'actual max' is +4 above the maximum points you can dump in a skill (without +skill). What you can do is max things at +4 cap and then to a mystic and make sure you are not 'wasting' points...put those in other skills.

+4 skills is a magic number allowing you to get great benefit. The next break point is +9 since more than +9 means that 6 pt skill trees are wasting pionts (11) with 1 pt in the skill.

You need purple skills gear, revenant gear, stonebinders, sacred gear to get +9.

[Vidar]

ok. So +4 to the max that is displayed in the skill section is the max anything above that is wasted (ie. visual cap at 10 but actual max is 14).

I guess it encourages people using lots of different skills to get by rather than just one or two that have been pumped to astronomical proportions.

This suits me fine - cos I like trying all the differnet skills in the game and the combinations in which to cast them to best effect.

Thanks Claudius for the reply.