Anybody ever have a problem with a char gaining strength? I have a mule char that is maxed out GM wise, so no skill gains possible. I am currently using him as my miner, lumberjack, carpenter, tinker. He is a old char that I am using from an old account I re-activated. He was into magery and swords before so has High int and dex, moderate str. Actual stats are : 93 Str, 84 Int, and 55 dex so a total of 232. He HAS used a +20 stat scroll and with acct. age he has 250 stat cap.
I am trying to raise str. but it isnt happening. I have now mined for approx 40 hours, and NOTHING..NO Str gain at all. I have tried everything. I have set str up and dex down, I have tried setting int down and str up, I have tried setting both int and dex down and str up..nothing NO str Gain no matter what I do. I have tried paging a GM on two occasions..the first was the canned "look at the database" and the second I got this message...
"Greetings, and thank you for your page.
With the current system, there is only a 1/20 chance to get a stat gain when you gain in skill, meaning there is only a 5% chance. If you are not gaining skills at an optimal rate, it would appear that your stats may be stuck, when in fact they are not. Due to the percentage being low it is not as easy as one would think to gain stats with the current system. If you would like the stat gain percentage to be increased, please submit feedback via the UO Herald so that our development team may know that this is something that they player base would like to be changed. Unfortunately, in game support will not alter a character's stats in anyway.
Thank you for playing Ultima Online. Take care.
GM Cluina"
Stuck stats?

C'mon after 40 hours of mining I should have gained some str.
Any Ideas guys?
Thanks!
Toptwo