Specialization tooltips are unclear?

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What do these tooltips actually mean?

“+1 skill point per point in this specialization”. Does it mean skill related in activities of that specific specialization part or does it give that skill point in general?

Not all even follow that same style and are even more confusing, but seem more pointed towards only that spec. Such as herbalism “mastering of the elements”. It reads “… gaining +1 skill per point in this specialization while gathering elementally charged herbs.” This seems more clear towards that you need those special herbs, such as frozen herbs to get use of those skill points.

Many of the profession spec tooltips are really weird and I need to read them carefully. I avoided some specs for quite a while thinking it was only for that spec, but then I tested it and noticed it was +1 skill in general and not just for that spec.

That was a while ago and each time I keep looking at these tooltips I need to ask myself “does this actually do what it seems to say?” Since I for sure cant say.

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It’s pretty clear if you read carefully.

In gathering professions at least, you have 4 stats: -

  • Skill - increases the quality of primary resources gained
  • Finesse - increases the amount of primary resources gained
  • Deftness - increases your gathering speed
  • Perception - Increases your chance to get rare materials

I think the main confusion is Skill as it’s divided up all over the place: -

  1. Base skill of 1 to 100 obtained from levelling - affects all gathering
  2. General Skill points from specializations - affects all gathering
  3. Specific Skill points from specializations - only affects the gathering of certain nodes, like specific herbs or infused nodes.

Taking herbalism specializations as an example: -

  • Botany - 1 Finesse per point at all times

  • Cultivation - 1 Perception per point at all times

  • Conservance - 1 Deftness per point at all times

  • Bountiful Havest - 1 Skill per point at all times

  • Flori/Fungi/Arbor/Horticulture - 1 skill per point only when gathering the specific herb

  • Mastering the Elements - 1 skill per point only when gathering element infused herbs

  • Decayed/Windswept/Frigid/Titan-Touched - 1 skill per point only when gathering specific infused herbs

You can check the Herbalism journal to see how many stats you have for each type of node.

As for crafting professions, I have no idea, all my characters are herb/mining.

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