Howdy

Returning player here (played for a ~100hours at release) trying to figure out the 5/5/5 leveling system.

I'm playing the core PC version downloaded from Steam (no DLC) and am having trouble getting 3x +5s.

For level 2, I did 3x10 skill ups (sneak, light armor, heavy armor) and got the appropriate 3x +5s.

For level 3, it was a bit more mixed: speech (10), security (3), armorer (5), heavy armor (5), blade (10) with the following: +5 pers, +2 agi, +3 end, +5 str.

This doesn’t track with what I've been reading, so I reloaded and took heavy up and additional 5 points. That changed the reward to +4. I reloaded and took heavy up an additional 10 points just to check (total skill up on heavy was 15 points pre-level rest). Still didn’t get a 5/5/5. The best was +5 per/+2 agi/+4 end/+5 str.

Am I missing a patch or something?

Edit: I found the answer deeper in the forum: The guide I read indicated you could get the skill ups in any order, apparently, that was incorrect.

Starwing, 19 January 2013 - 09:04 AM. You need 10 skill increases in skills that have the same governing attributes to get +5 in that attribute. All 10 of these increases must happen before you get the "rest to level up"-message.

Yes, as soon as you get that 'rest to level up' message, any other skill ups apply toward the next level.