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How great is the effect on intelligence and being able to learn. Is it extremely important to have a high intelligence to be able to learn your trade easier?

I think it does. Not that I can speak up for the techie side of Illarion here, but more or less as a "test" I have a character with maxed out combat stats and zero anything else, including intelligence, and he seems to learn slow. It could be because of this excessively slow skill gain that was just recently implemented, or it could be because he has little if any intelligence attribute.

If this is the case I am going to need to remake a few characters. -.-

That's why I prefer characters with well rounded attributes. So if any changes in the game occur, my guy will never be shorthanded...he can do a little bit of everything.

Delanroth, for example, has decent enough skills and equipment to take on average characters. He may never be the best hand to hand fighter out there because the guys with the maxed combat attributes can beat him. But hey, no big deal. There's more to being a good contract killer than ctrl+clicking, as I've learned from Konstantin. He'll also be well versed in poisons and distance weapons, maybe even start a "group" to help him along the way.

While I think the skill gain rate is a little bit on the BS side, just remember that anybody can make up for their character's weaknesses with a little bit of your own will power and finding ways to do things better.

Yeah, I don't do that well rounded crap. -.- I prefer to have her be able to a just a few things and work mostly with RP. Those few things unfortunately are very hard to do because apparently she is an idiot.

I have that problem with all of my chars. Except my carpenter thank god, but apparently carpentry was made even harder? i just cannot win.

yes it has an effect but not a really large one. In my eyes noone should recreate his chars because of this.