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Better Learning Zen Koan

Do the better learning skills give a discount off the time to learn the higher level better learning skills and, if so, in what since is this a discount, since it's not possible to learn the higher level better learning skill undiscounted?

Posted 15 months ago by Deedle Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Hi,
    Better learning gives you the percentage discount off of the learning times for every single skill.
    I can't say why it would work for better learning skills, but it does, and since it is a good thing I don't question it :)
    Posted 15 months ago by Biohazard Subscriber! | Permalink
  • The Better Learning skill isn't treated any differently than any other skill.  If you learn all 5 BL skills as your first five skills, there won't be any penalty applied to them.  If you wait until you've learned  enough skills to gain a penalty, the the BL skills will be penalized too. 

    So a BL 1 skill might or might not take time off learning the BL 5 skill.  It all depends what order you choose to learn your skills.
    Posted 15 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I thought Better Learning didn't count against the penalty. Has that changed?
    Posted 15 months ago by Mikella Subscriber! | Permalink
  • They do; originally the cap only increased from 20 with BL2, now the description for BL1 mentions that it will allow you to learn up to 21 skills without being penalised.

    Same result, really, but the point is that the BL descriptions include themselves. You can only learn 32(?) non-BL skills with BL5 without being penalised.

    In regards to OP, yes, BL5 will get a 12% discount off the listed base time.
    Posted 15 months ago by Negata Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That's deep.
    It's like a store where everything is permanently 50% off. Like, is that book really $40, or has it been $20 the whole time? It is a mystery.
    Posted 15 months ago by Jolson Subscriber! | Permalink