Yeah general rule of thumb is put 1 point into everything so you can skill it up as you use it in the world. I even put one point into all the languages because it unlocks more over time just so I could in theory level up a variety of languages even though those are basically useless in EQ.
You'll have a lot of excess training points. I usually use them to get started on a tradeskills if I need to level one up for completion of a quest. I think the base tradeskills you can only use points up to lvl 21 some class specific ones can go higher (I remember doing rogue poison making to like 100 or whatever the class guide said on the wiki).
As pointed out tradeskills aren't really a money maker on P99. I only do what I need to make quest combines trivial (even then a lot of those can be purchased for MQ) or class specific skills like rogue poison making, alchemy, or jewelcrafting are actually worth it. Those are worth leveling and can at least breakeven if not be cash flow positive. Alchemy is the only trade skill to date I've used to make a profit and even then it was really just a break even until the high end potions (stinging wort potions specifically)
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