I switched some skills around on my locksmith and am now waiting for skills to migrate. The problem is that every time I look at the SKILLS BASE, the in-game time to goal has increased since the last time I looked. Isn't it supposed to decrease as time passes by?

>I switched some skills around on my locksmith and am now waiting for skills to migrate. The problem is that every time I look at the SKILLS BASE, the in-game time to goal has increased since the last time I looked. Isn't it supposed to decrease as time passes by?

Its an estimate. The main source of error is due to the slowing down as you pass thresholds of points migrated in each month. If you are migrating a lot of points it doesn't know whether you will spend a long time migrating them this month, or a short time in game migrating them over the next two months.

The estimate of time going up happens because it doesn't know how much time you are going to spend in the game this month. The more time you actually spend, the more time it assumes you are going to spend, and the greater the proportion of your migration that will be under the slower rates. This can cause your estimated time to sit still, or increase.

The estimated time will eventually start going down, but it won't be accurate until you are in a position to migrate all the remaining points at the highest rate.

Its a bit like estimated times to complete file downloads. If the rate starts fast but then slows, you see those going up too.

It's probably best to migrate one skill at a time; easier for both you and the game engine to keep track.


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