EQ1: Monk skill-up question (Dragon Punch)

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<wdn-steptoe@comcast.net> wrote:
> 50 human monk on Saryrn.
>
> I am dual-wielding two 1hb weapons while I build up my 1hb skill. While
> doing that, I've been clicking the Dragon Punch button to try to get
> from 197 to 200. For what seemed like a very long time, I got no
> skill-ups and I was wondering if, perhaps, I could only improve my
> Dragon Punch skill if I was doing hand-to-hand fighting.
>
> As an experiment, I stored the 1hb weapons and within minutes I saw an
> improvement to 198. But wait - I stayed in hand-to-hand mode for quite a
> while and saw no further changes. This led me to wonder if the lack of
> skill-ups while using 1hb weapons was because I was already at 197.
>
> I could continue with this experiment and prove to myself whether
> hand-to-hand and Dragon Punch are related in that way, but I thought
> someone here would already know the answer.

I went *many* levels using a 2hb and it didn't have any impact on skill-ups.