[imported_Mephisto]

I must say, raising mining is a real kicker. I'm not saying it should be nerfed. I like it this way. As far as i know, they're isnt a GM amoungst us yet. In the future it will make the value of rare ingots a very nice price. Especially scince we have all these GM Smiths.

My opinion about the colored Picaxes... Its eye Candy, thats all. It's not going to affect the physics of the game one bit. A simple Status Symbol. Voting about it as a community is probably the best way to go.

PS: You can't raise mining by single smelting... that was one way to really boost that mining skill to 100 in no time. Now that this is the case, mining is actually a challenge, So a colored Pic Axe to show that you've conqured that montain might not be such a horrible Idea, Like i said, its only a status symbol anyway.