As a Logosmas present to you all, we're going to be launching a major release next week: the first phase of our tradeskill split!

Here is the very basic idea: all tradeskills will become miniskills, completely separate from class. Each class that currently has a tradeskill as one of its three major skills will be reworked with a new skill.

Because this change requires major overhauls to many classes, the launch will be done in a series of steps, rather than all at once. The first step is to release all of the new tradeskills as miniskills. Knights and Alchemists will be overhauled in this step as well. After that, we will continue to work through class overhauls in the coming weeks and months. Until they are reworked, those classes (like Druids) will retain their tradeskills (like concoctions).

When a class overhaul is implemented, all lessons invested in the departing tradeskill will be converted to the new skill. So, if you were a knight transcendent in Forging, you will automatically be transcendent in Weaponmastery.

You'll find a new post on our forums at http://forums.achaea.com/discussion/2918/tradeskill-split which contains copious details about this change, as well as an FAQ that I will keep updating with more questions, so please head over there for more info and to post your questions!

Penned by My hand on the 19th of Aeguary, in the year 672 AF.