>As for Research, I have never bothered with practice runes. The >materials
>for them are a quest in themselves, and I have found it easier to >simply
>keep research maxed at your guildhouse with one of the trainers for >your
>class.

I've been doing that same thing to...I started researching before they made
those little practice runes to work. I believe we can dump in about 5
training points per level...I might have dumped maybe 20-30 pts in when I
first started. It's the lazy approach. :) I've been about 60% successful
so far...maybe once I was able to create a spell that was one circle above
mine; all others included spells that were below my level. Most of the
research spells include throw-away spells though...I liked maybe one or two
of the AE spells. I guess the main thing to prepare for is the Ice Comet
down the road.

I liked that person's tip about the specialization...I had no idea you had
to chunk a pt into *all* the rest of the specializations. And all this time
I thought I did it right...that sucks. I assume it will catch up pretty
quickly though since all I do is root and cast all day long. :)

Lim'Dul 33 HE Wiz Veeshan
Jukka 17 Ogre Shm Quellious