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Thanks Raolinx, mostly for the skill pools, now I understand the purpose of the +/- buttons next to the skills. Yet there are some things I don't understand. So, if for example I am an Outfitter planning to go the Tailor route, I can click on the '-' next to the Leatherworking Parent skill, and not waste skill points on a useless skill. I got it, and it's well covered in the write up. Now, what purpose can the +/- buttons serve on the Process Skills?

The refining skills for instance. They are for Station Usage, Tools Use and Utilities use. Why would one want to lock any of these bars, aren't all of these three skills used during the same refining process? What advantages could one get by having high Station and Utilities Usage but a very low Tools Usage skill?

I understand if the Refining and Finishing skills groups were linked, and if we could choose for instance to specialize (to exp faster) in Refining by locking Finishing, then cooperating with another crafter to do the Finishing for us. Both would progress faster in their respective areas. But why would one want to compromise his chances to properly finish or refine an item by locking one of the three Process Skills bars? Being very high level fast but being only able to make grade D-C items doesn't look like a sound trade off, unless there is a trick somewhere that I don't understand.