Manual

Weapon Skills and
Armor Proficiencies
All classes also have a defined set of weapon skills and armor proficiencies.
Warriors, for example, can learn to use all armor and weapon types (with the
exception of wands), while mages can only use cloth armor and staves, or wands.
In addition there are race restrictions on weapon skills. Gnome warriors, for
example, cannot use bows, while Night Elf warriors can't use guns.
A high score in a weapon skill improves your chance to hit when using that kind of
weapon. In contrast, armor proficiency does not improve with use; once you have
an armor proficiency, you can wear any armor of that type.
Improving Weapon Skills
Your weapon skills only improve if you use them. Thus, if your character has the
dagger skill, but always uses staves and not daggers, your staff skill increases, while
your dagger skill never improves.
With all weapon skills, the higher the rating, the better you are at using that skill.
Therefore, if you switch from staves to daggers at high level, your dagger skill will
start out too low to penetrate the defense of monsters of your same level.
Learning New Armor and Weapon Skills
New weapon skills and armor proficiencies can be learned by visiting a class trainer.
In your training window will be listed any weapon skills or armor proficiencies
available to your class, as well as the minimum level you must be in order to learn
them.
If the skill or proficiency is unattainable for your level, it will be in red text. If it is
learnable, it will be in green text. Learning a new weapon skill or armor proficiency
only costs money. As long as you have enough money, you can simply click on the
Learn button at the bottom of the training window and your character will be
automatically updated with the new weapon skill or armor proficiency.