Skill Decay Speed

[Articarius]

I was wondering if this shard implements different skill decay rates like way back in the day. For instance, Alchemy drops faster than Lumberjacking.

 

[Panik Homerché]

I think skill decays based on a semi-alphabetical order, that is the old alphabetical order, before some skills were renamed, or something along those lines.

See the list @ http://uo2.stratics.com/skill-guides/stat-and-skills-general/skill-titles-order, which includes the "original" names for all skills. Although a badly formated copy+pasta is included below:

Original list
Skill - Professional Title - Original Name
Alchemy - Alchemist - Alchemy
Anatomy - Biologist - Anatomy
Animal Lore - Naturalist - Animlore
Item Identification - Merchant - Appraise
Arms Lore - Weapons Master - Armslore
Parry - Duelist - Battle Defense
Begging - Beggar - Begging
Blacksmithy - Smith - Blacksmithing
Lumberjacking - Lumberjack - Bladed
Mining - Miner - Bladed
Bowcraft & Fletching - Bowyer - Bowyer and Fletcher
Peacemaking - Pacifier - Calm
Camping - Explorer - Camping
Carpentry - Carpenter - Carpentry
Cartography - Cartographer - Cartography
Cooking - Chef - Cooking
Detecting Hidden - Scout - Detcthid
Discordance - Demoralizer - Entice
Evaluating Intelligence - Scholar - Evaluate
Healing - Healer - First Aid
Fishing - Fisherman - Fishing
Forensic Evaluation - Detective - Forensic
Herding - Shepherd - Herding
Hiding - Shade - Hides
Provocation - Rouser - Incite
Inscription - Scribe - Inscribe
Lockpicking - Infiltrator - Lockpicking
Magery - Mage - Magic
Resisting Spells - Mage - Magic Defense
Tactics - Tactician - Melee Fighting
Swordsmanship - Swordsman - Melee Fighting
Mace Fighting - Armsman - Melee Fighting
Fencing - Fencer - Melee Fighting
Wrestling - Wrestler - Melee Fighting
Snooping - Spy - Peek
Musicianship - Bard - Play Instrument
Poisoning - Assassin - Poisons
Archery - Archer - Ranged Weapon
Spirit Speak - Medium - Seance
Stealing - Pickpocket - Stealing
Tailoring - Tailor - Tailoring
Animal Taming - Tamer - Tame
Taste Identification - Praegustator - Taste
Tinkering - Tinker - Tinkering
Tracking - Ranger - Tracking
Veterinary - Veterinarian - Veterinarian

...I'm not sure this is 100% accurate, but if multiple skills are marked "down", the first skill to drop should be the one that's above the others on that list. Since Alchemy (in your specific case) is on top of the list, it should always be the first skill to drop if it's marked "down".

 

[Articarius]

Right- but I thought they did away with different speeds on OSI shards a while ago (ie, all skills decay at the same rate). I didn't know if there were different rates here or not.

 

[Riversilk]

There is not *real* skill decay... a skill goes down only if you have it on "down", you are at skill cap and you're raising another skill.