Does Skill Gain Chance Decrease With Level?

[AckerZ]

One for the ubers.

As your levels get above 80 is there a noticeable Decrease in "Skill Gain Chance" at the lower spend levels?

I've run a bunch of tests now using low dps weapons and the Skill Gain 'Chance' seems to be disproportionately lower on the weapons where I have much higher skills in. I haven't really noticed this before but the data is very clear. I test MF at level 30, high Skill Gain chances what you'd expect, same with melee at 55, laser at level 80 on the same high hp/level mobs basically nothing in comparison.

Obviously the solution is to spend more to reactivate the ped spent:skill gained flow however I'm looking to be as ultra efficient as possible. Lately though I seem to be hitting a major slow down in Skill Gain Chance events with ultra low dps weapons now I'm over level 80 and just want to check I'm not going mad.

Note I know Skill Gain amount is relative to level I'm asking specifically if any higher level players have observed that around level 80 Skill Gain Chance decreases dramatically at lower dps levels?

 

[kingofaces]

It at least feels this way for looter profession skills. Was it just for that though or overall skills you're noticing this?

 

[AckerZ]

Mainly weapon related skills.

Did a bit of data gathering to highlight whats being experienced.

Using various DPS Pistols from 80.8 - 5.6dps then a S.I Psyblade at 5.5dps on 100 carabok kills, manually counting the 'frequency' of skill gain events. Sure 1000 kills would be better but fuck manually counting the gaps between skill gains on 1000 carabok kills, this took long enough.

Previously I had skilled with S.I Scorpion without a noticeable frequency issue. Only recently as ive moved into the 70-80 bracket have I noticed a major drop of in skill gain event frequency at low dps on my laser Pistol.

Skill gain amount here is not relevant but kept in to give context to the data.

Skill Gain Frequency (100 Carabok Test)	EWE EP-54 Fury	LP-25	S.I Scorpion	S.I Psyblade
DPS	80.8	44.4	5.6	5.5
Total Skills gained	1.2957	0.8078	0.7301	22.8714
Avg Skill Gain Frequency (per shots)	2.7	5.2	18.8	7.2

 

[Bones]

I do know for a fact , the skill quantity given does a cycle higher and lower.
I have tracked it on Sweat Gathering for a few years now.
Of course sweat gathering is a much slower process to see the skill lines , but I am sure all skill the same.

When I first noticed it years ago I asked Oleg-pedia , and of course he was aware and was spot on to what I have found.

 

[John B Knight]

the actual skillgain messages are related to your skillbuffs and you will still have plenty even at lvl600+ - the amount of skillpoints you gain however does go down as the actual skill gained is meassured in tt value and points have an ever growing ped value the higher you go.
there is also and additinoal slowdown/speed up as you pass through specific skillpoints slowpoints are 0 and 500 and as you go towards them and fast points are 250 and 750 and as you go towards them.
this thread below has a link to a skillpoint chart with relation to ped value in it:
https://www.planetcalypsoforum.com/...o-update-jdegre-optimizer-skill-curve.287637/