[Mr.SmileGod]

The problem I have with raising just a few classes' capabilities skill-slot wise is that more than what you've pointed out require a lot of skill pool slots. Any mage promo with the exception of RM for example, can eat through slots. Any MA promo, not just Verglas. All three of the soldier promos, the list goes on.

You could argue for mage getting +5 from tomes, sure, but so do soldiers because of the shifting tomes. And even WITH that, and a build with 62 scaled skill, will, 25 scaled guile and a tome, my current build is still short more than just a couple slots. It's anecdotal, sure, but the point is that the 5 can end up not being enough. There are a multitude of classes that need this touch-up-- and if your class doesn't eat a lot of slots, you probably won't benefit from the cap raising anyway, because skill is needed to hit, will is needed for elements and weapon scaling (and FP), and gui is needed for crits (generally). You won't want to skimp them just because you don't need the skill slots, generally.

It just seems both easier and less 'this specific build gets buffed' to just... raise the base.

EDIT: And just to throw it in there, this would help account for classes with smaller counts for when they inevitably get extra skills added. Everything eventually gets a pass with 'hey new skills' or a complete rework, and I feel this would help account for that as well.