talents

Hello, This is a question for the devleopers or anyone who has been delving into the files. For talents that do things like Smithing's final, "Gain 1% per 5 levels past 275" I want to know if those are integer-based or if it scales as you go. i.e. at 279 are you gaining 0.8% or you have to hit...

in the trade tree, the first column of options provide an active ability where profits are marked. it no longer appears to be working after the most recent patch.I have started a few games since the newest patch and the ability hasn't worked in any of them.