Originally posted by Eightball:

The question is how does the 96 skill level equate to actual effectiveness.

I have seen posts that state a skill level in the mid 30s is very noticeable as to effectiveness so have you 'field tested' you 96 skill?

Not yet but I should be at 100 tomorrow. I'll field test it then. I have field tested it at 60.

My impressions from the numbers I'm seeing at the farm is that the skeletons now do damage between the 73 - 83 range. This is against greylings and greydwarfs, the weakest enemy in the game.
The main draw is definitely the staff of protection. At 100 you see a increase in effectiveness of 250% compared to 0 and it even costs less etir than summoning.

The skeletons start out as costly distractions that can do alittle damage and end as cheap distractions that can do mediocre damage. Quite useful but only comes into its own when coupled with the staff of protection as it can apply the barrier to all friendlies within the radius of casting.

Originally posted by Faceplant8:

At 64 you're already 75% to max. Is the extra 25% really going to make that much difference?

The barrier starts out as having 200 hp and ends as having 700 hp.
How many times would an extra 125 hp have saved you from dying? How many skill points did you lose? How much time was wasted getting them back?