This is posted in the "Suggestions and Improvements" board, but I thought I'd cross-post it to make sure you all saw it...

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Dateline: March 12 -- Change to Calculation of Lore & Survival Skill Average

Tonight we will be implementing a change to the calculation of Lore & Survival Skill Averages. Skills that can not be truly learned by your profession will be excluded from the calculation of your averages.

The total exclusions for Survival are:
Paladin: Tracking, Stealing, Backstabbing
Ranger: Backstabbing
Thief: Tracking
Everyone else: Tracking, Backstabbing

The total exclusions for Lore are:
Bards: Trading, Transference, Animal Lore
Traders: Transference, Animal Lore, Individual Instrument Skills
Empaths: Trading, Animal Lore, Individual Instrument Skills
Everyone else: Transference, Trading, Animal Lore, Individual Instrument Skills


For example:

For an empath who currently has the following:
Scholarship: 107 43% clear
Mechanical Lore: 119 00% clear
Musical Lore: 92 23% clear
Appraisal: 125 04% clear
Teaching: 161 74% learning
Trading: 12 00% clear

Old Lore Average would be: (107+119+92+125+161+12)/ 6 = 616/6 = 102.67
New Lore Average will be: (107+119+92+125+161)/ 5 = 604/5 = 120.8

Yes, the average will go up!

We'll post a news item and make a general announcement in game when the change occurs. If you have any questions or concerns, please post them in the "Talk to Simutronics" topic or someplace in the "Strategy, Tactics and Experience" Board.

Brigdha