Originally Posted by Lynoa
Another thing ... Darxim, in the first post you have:
- +Skill boosts from gear allow a player to learn the related skills even without an investment in them. (Courtesy of error3)
this only lasts as long as you have the item (dunno if ppl would think you keep the skill after putting the item away smile )

From what I've heard, you do keep the ability after unequipping the gear. This may have changed in the last patch. I wasn't able to test it in my last playthrough, but I'll test it out in my next one (need to test some other stuff, anyway).

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