Originally posted by Semirotta:

Running and swimming both been lvling them in my characters and ive seen absolutely NO DIFFERENCE having lvls or not having lvls. I doubt the skills work in other than the Weapon skills ... Even with Mining skill, it does absolutely no difference when mining. Same with woodcutting.
The only skills ive seen being useful has been weapon skills and even them barely any change.

Well you are wrong , try to test on a character with running lvl 100 and another with 0 , both naked
Tell me how fast your stamina burns in the character with 0 skills and how fast run
I have minning skill at 75 and can mine a tin stone with one swing with a bronze pickaxe , with 0 you need 2 or 3 hits