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FYI : Information about skill time changes.

Hey guys, I just finished working out all the time adjustments for all the skills. A complete list is below, but the short of it is that two thirds of skills now have longer times. Most of the skills which didn't change are the skills which require less time to learn. The average change was about 50% longer. Total extra time needed to learn a new skill is 12 days, 8 hours and 40 minutes.

It's important not to forget that eventually we won't have annoying downtime to deal with. :)

Here's the complete list I've written.

The following skills have not changed:

Animal Kinship I, Soil Appreciation I, Light Green Thumb I, EZ Cooking I, Bureaucratic Arts I, Animal Kinship II, Gardening I, Fruit Changing, Cheffery I, Blending I, Soil Appreciation II, Meditative Arts I, Light Green Thumb II, Cheffery III, Animal Kinship III, Gardening II, Grilling I, Alchemy I, Soil Appreciation III, Grilling 2, Penpersonship I, Focused Meditation, Unlearning I, Master Chef I, Alchemy II, Teleportation III, Master Chef III, Meditative Arts 3, Tinkering IV, Bureaucratic Arts III.

The following skills now take LESS time:

Jellisac Hands now takes 2 hours, down from 2 hours 30 minutes (80%)
Tinkering V now takes 3 days, down from 3 days 12 hours (85.7%)

The following skills now take MORE time:

Elemental Handling now takes 20 minutes, up from 10 minutes (200%)
Better Learning I, Tinkering I now each take 30 minutes, up from 15 minutes (200%)
Gasmogrification, Spice Milling, Bubble Tuning now each take 30 minutes, up from 20 minutes (150%)
Mining 1 now takes 40 minutes, up from 30 minutes (133.3%)
Botany now takes 2 hours, up from 30 minutes (400%)
Croppery I, EZ Cooking II now each take 1 hour, up from 40 minutes (150%)
Bog Specialisation, Saucery I now each take 2 hours, up from 45 minutes (266.7%)
Herbalism I, Refining I now each take 2 hours, up from 1 hour (200%)
Cocktail Crafting I now takes 1 hour 30 minutes, up from 1 hour 20 minutes (112.5%)
Teleportation I now takes 2 hours, up from 1 hour 20 minutes (150%)
Cheffery II, Blending II, Tinkering II now each take 2 hours, up from 1 hour 30 minutes (133.3%)
Better Learning II now takes 3 hours, up from 1 hour 30 minutes (200%)
Saucery II now takes 4 hours, up from 1 hour 30 minutes (266.7%)
Herdkeeping, Crystallography I now each take 4 hours, up from 2 hours (200%)
Croppery II now takes 3 hours, up from 2 hours 30 minutes (120%)
Animal Husbandry, Smelting, Mining II, Meditative Arts II, Bureaucratic Arts II now each take 4 hours, up from 2 hours 30 minutes (160%)
Levitation now takes 5 hours, up from 2 hours 30 minutes (200%)
Light Green Thumb III now takes 6 hours, up from 3 hours (200%)
Animal Kinship IV, Cocktail Crafting II now each take 5 hours, up from 4 hours (125%)
Gardening III, Herbalism II now each take 6 hours, up from 4 hours (150%)
Intermediate Admixing now takes 8 hours, up from 4 hours (200%)
Teleportation II now takes 6 hours, up from 5 hours (120%)
Engineering I now takes 8 hours, up from 5 hours (160%)
Soil Appreciation IV, Trancendental Radiation, Tinkering III now each take 8 hours, up from 6 hours (133.3%)
Animal Kinship V now takes 10 hours, up from 8 hours (125%)
Croppery III, Better Learning III now each take 12 hours, up from 8 hours (150%)
Remote Herdkeeping, Unlearning II now each take 16 hours, up from 8 hours (200%)
Blockmaking I, Fuelmaking I now each take 1 day, up from 10 hours (240%)
Gardening IV, Refining II now each take 16 hours, up from 12 hours (133.3%)
Animal Kinship VI, Soil Appreciation V now each take 20 hours, up from 16 hours (125%)
Mining III now takes 1 day, up from 16 hours (150%)
Unlearning III now takes 3 days, up from 16 hours (450%)
Better Learning IV now takes 1 day 12 hours, up from 1 day (150%)
Teleportation IV now takes 2 days, up from 1 day (200%)
Animal Kinship VII now takes 1 day 16 hours, up from 1 day 12 hours (111.1%)
Gardening V now takes 3 days, up from 2 days 12 hours (120%)
Teleportation V now takes 4 days, up from 3 days (133.3%)
Mining IV, Better Learning V now each take 5 days, up from 4 days (125%)

Posted 15 months ago by Negata Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • Wow, good work. Thanks for the info!
    Posted 15 months ago by Cerulean Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Don't the times change as you learn more skills?
    Posted 15 months ago by Gordon Gekko Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yeah, a compounding 5% increase for every skill learnt. The increase is variable though, depending on several factors, so I just included base times for simplicities sake.
    Posted 15 months ago by Negata Subscriber! | Permalink
  • For anyone interested, I noted my new times in italics after completing Better Learning 4. BL 4 was my 22nd skill. The BL skills really have an impact on overall learning times.

    Jellisac Hands now takes 2 hours, down from 2 hours 30 minutes (80%) 1h45m36s
    Tinkering V now takes 3 days, down from 3 days 12 hours (85.7%) 2d15h21s

    The following skills now take MORE time:

    Elemental Handling now takes 20 minutes, up from 10 minutes (200%)
    Better Learning I, Tinkering I now each take 30 minutes, up from 15 minutes (200%)
    Gasmogrification, Spice Milling, Bubble Tuning now each take 30 minutes, up from 20 minutes (150%)
    Mining 1 now takes 40 minutes, up from 30 minutes (133.3%)
    Botany now takes 2 hours, up from 30 minutes (400%) 1h45m36s
    Croppery I, EZ Cooking II now each take 1 hour, up from 40 minutes (150%)
    Bog Specialisation, Saucery I now each take 2 hours, up from 45 minutes (266.7%)1h45m36s
    Herbalism I, Refining I now each take 2 hours, up from 1 hour (200%)
    Cocktail Crafting I now takes 1 hour 30 minutes, up from 1 hour 20 minutes (112.5%)
    Teleportation I now takes 2 hours, up from 1 hour 20 minutes (150%)
    Cheffery II, Blending II, Tinkering II now each take 2 hours, up from 1 hour 30 minutes (133.3%) 1h45m36s
    Better Learning II now takes 3 hours, up from 1 hour 30 minutes (200%)
    Saucery II now takes 4 hours, up from 1 hour 30 minutes (266.7%) 3h31m12s
    Herdkeeping, Crystallography I now each take 4 hours, up from 2 hours (200%)
    Croppery II now takes 3 hours, up from 2 hours 30 minutes (120%) 2h38m24s
    Animal Husbandry, Smelting, Mining II, Meditative Arts II, Bureaucratic Arts II now each take 4 hours, up from 2 hours 30 minutes (160%)
    Levitation now takes 5 hours, up from 2 hours 30 minutes (200%)
    Light Green Thumb III now takes 6 hours, up from 3 hours (200%)
    Animal Kinship IV, Cocktail Crafting II now each take 5 hours, up from 4 hours (125%)
    Gardening III, Herbalism II now each take 6 hours, up from 4 hours (150%)
    Intermediate Admixing now takes 8 hours, up from 4 hours (200%)
    Teleportation II now takes 6 hours, up from 5 hours (120%)
    Engineering I now takes 8 hours, up from 5 hours (160%)
    Soil Appreciation IV, Trancendental Radiation, Tinkering III now each take 8 hours, up from 6 hours (133.3%)
    Animal Kinship V now takes 10 hours, up from 8 hours (125%)
    Croppery III, Better Learning III now each take 12 hours, up from 8 hours (150%)
    Remote Herdkeeping, Unlearning II now each take 16 hours, up from 8 hours (200%)
    Blockmaking I, Fuelmaking I now each take 1 day, up from 10 hours (240%) 21h7m12s
    Gardening IV, Refining II now each take 16 hours, up from 12 hours (133.3%) 14h4m48s
    Animal Kinship VI, Soil Appreciation V now each take 20 hours, up from 16 hours (125%)
    Mining III now takes 1 day, up from 16 hours (150%)
    Unlearning III now takes 3 days, up from 16 hours (450%)
    Better Learning IV now takes 1 day 12 hours, up from 1 day (150%)
    Teleportation IV now takes 2 days, up from 1 day (200%) 1d18h14m24s
    Animal Kinship VII now takes 1 day 16 hours, up from 1 day 12 hours (111.1%) 1d11h12m
    Gardening V now takes 3 days, up from 2 days 12 hours (120%) 2d15h21m36s
    Teleportation V now takes 4 days, up from 3 days (133.3%) 3d12h28m48s
    Mining IV, Better Learning V now each take 5 days, up from 4 days (125%) 4d9h36m 
    Posted 15 months ago by GreyGoose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Amazing work!

    The OCD side of me so wants to take advantage of all of this... but I have come to the realization that I play pretty willy nilly when I get in the game. (But excited I finished BL4 during this down time.)
    Posted 15 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Thanks for this.  i was pretty sure that some skills had increased -- just not that many and , for some, not by that much.  I've already got 22 skills learned. It could have been more if I'd taken advantage of skill queuing.  I think I'll do TP 1 and then finish the BL skills.  Then back to learning skills I really want.
    Posted 15 months ago by Marla Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ Lord Bacon: How much time do you show for BL 5 now? I'm curious because you have completed 28 skills whereas I only have 22  and I wonder if times also adjust according to number of skills. Thanks.
    Posted 15 months ago by GreyGoose Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Just bumping this because I read this AFTER the thread about confusing skill times and this has good info in it.
    Posted 15 months ago by Fleep Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You did an amazing job of gathering all this data and presenting it to us, thanks.
    Posted 15 months ago by Gizmospooky Subscriber! | Permalink
  • You deserve a medal!
    Posted 15 months ago by shipwreck Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @ Negata, Great job! I really need to take a screen shot of this one for sure! Especially good when trying to decide a skill and time is of essence!
    Posted 15 months ago by Joy Subscriber! | Permalink