I agree theres not any real reason to up the skill levels to 8. I put my first point in meditate, and gosh, what a horrible horrible skill. 45 second cool down for a 3 second ms boost. Even having a point in heal felt noobish to me. My birdy was awesome in sewers and a good bird and bad bird stood out very clearly. Now, we all have the same builds, sheesh, a player by max level can't really even mess up his skills, its all just automatic now, no thought required