Skill questions...

[Lord Blade]

Shield

It's supposed to reduce damage to your shield by 25% per level. But that doesn't seem right. Cause otherwise at level 4 you'd have an invulnerable shield.
Can someone explain how exactly it works?

Athletics

Ups your running speed. But by how much per level?

Trainer

The bonus XP is given to every EXCEPT the character with the skill, correct?

Surgery

Every level of it is supposed to give your party members a 10% chance of being knocked unconcious instead of killed.
Does this apply to all your soldiers? Or just heroes?
And at level 10, would that mean that your guys won't be killed anymore?

 

[Balor]

Shield - not sure, i've never used this skill, but I think it works this way:
0 level 100%. 1st level: - 25% from 100 -> 75%. 2nd level - 25% from 75% ->56%. 3rd level -25% from 56% -> 42%... so on, so forth.
Athletics: I think it also depends in your current load (armor, etc). But it's a good idea to make that more descriptive, I agree.
Trainer: Correct.
Surgery: Well, your heroes cannot die as it is. Not sure about 100% chance at level 10... but anyway, good luck at getting your skill this high . You'll have to have 30 int for that. I'm not even sure it's possible.

 

[Lord Blade]

Thanks for the reply.

Heh, if I have the time, I'll get my 30 Int. :p

 

[Whitmire]

What about Tracking? I have three levels of Tracking, and I can't say I noticed any change after I increased the skill from two to three. It seems to show the same "heat tracks" as it did when my Tracking was on level 2.

I think there's a pretty good mix of skills now.

 

[Balor]

Hmm, I recall there WAS a change, but I'm not sure about detail.
I recall it started to give out more correct numbers of troops in a group.