Ryzom

When you create a character you choose a race, look and a specialty. What is that specialty for? I thought you could max up every skill tree to 250?

It's just so you get an extra action or somesuch thing - in crafting you also get some more generic raw materials (I think?). Things you could've easily gotten the normal way as well, but it just puts you a little tiny bit ahead in the skill of your choice as you start.

azziane wrote:I thought you could max up every skill tree to 250?

That is correct.

Yep, that whole specialty thing is only to get a little bit of a head start in one branch of the skill tree or another.

It does not tie you to that branch.
It does not limit your future skill developments in any branch.
It does not provide you with anything you cant get in-game at a skill trainer. (except for the previously mentioned extra generic mats that the crafter pack gives you, but those are just for grinding garbage items and you can get plenty of the usual crafting mats ingame if you choose something else)

All it does is give you a little bit of a head start by providing you a skill or 2 extra from that particular branch.