| Yes a person could make bad decisions and gimp their character. However the amount of information about stats is totally unlike EQ. In EQ you had people guessing what Agi and Dex did half the time. In WoW you hover over the stat and it tells you what it does. Sure someone could train in say spirit as a rogue (rogue energy is always 100) but chances are you wont be that dumb. You don't have to guess what a stat does. Also talent points come as you level so you don't make a million choices in the first day anyways. If you decide to change paths around level 20, no biggie, you wont be super maxed out in any 1 talent but the talent points you train in arn't all that major anyways. I mean I have like level 6 agility (max I am allowed to train so far) which gives +6 agility. Compared to four pieces of armor which gives 8+ agility it really is a drop in the bucket.
As for skill points, yes there are a limited number of points available. But these are secondary and tertiary abilities. I have a rogue that has 100+ herbalism, and is working on enchanting. I chose herbalism becasue eventually I would like to get into poision makeing as a rogue. I added enchanting becasue it is a complement to herbalism. Yes someone could train in mining and enchanting and then kick himself but in the description of enchanting it says it uses components found with the herbalism skill. Again the only reason you would screw up is pure stupidity. As for class skill abilities I have thus far trained in every single ability available and have had plenty of xtra points for my side ventures. There is also a button to unlearn skills in the character display. I have yet to unlearn a skill but I would put money on them giving your skill points back when you do. |