Larian Studios Forums Divinity 2 - Ego Draconis (English) Help/Tips/Tricks Wisdom / Mindreading - worth it?

I was in Broken Valley - around level 11 when I restarted the game in Hard Mode. Normal was getting too easy. Now, I was wondering whether I should invest in Wisdom and Mindreading this time at all- both were 4/5 when I was playing in Normal.

The problem is not skill points. I had plenty. But as I read in the forums, the game gets very easy after level 30. So if I get there faster, combat would get boring faster, right? I do all quests and kill every monster on map. So, without Wisdom / Mindreading, I may be 32-33 at the end of the game, right? So, should I invest in them at all?

Also, on a different topic, what is the maximum level of Lockpicking? 5?

Thanks in advance.

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Don"t put points in wisdom
Only in mindread if you want it
you will end up as level 34-37 at the end of game anyway

and max level of lockpick is 5

At first I didn't bother with Wisdom or Mindread, but eventually got a several pieces of equipment with Wisdom bonuses, so I added a couple spare skill points. I only found one piece of equipment with a Mindread bonus, which wasn't very good, so never used it or put any skill points into it.
The game does start getting a little easy at high levels, except occasionally in dragon form. I haven't raised the difficulty to hard, yet, but playing again I don't know if I'd bother with Wisdom.

Ah, I see.

I'm not bothering with Wisdom and Mindreading this time then. A couple of levels- if they do give that much XP- doesn't seem worth it.

Thanks.

I dont think investing in mindread or wisdom is worth wasting the skillpoints either. You get a +2 wis necklace from Derelict and i wear that untill i get my class armor from one of the fortresses. You can put 3 enchantments on it AND upgrade them as you find better. Rangers can use the +1 wis Bow from saving the guy down in the pit also, for a little while at least...

For quest / loot rewards, I sometimes use quicksave-quickload until I get a good reward. The Wishing Well gave me a [+1 Poison Arrows, +1 Hide in Shadows (or whatever it is called), +1 Wisdom] bracelet after I kept reloading for 10-15 minutes.