Not really. I spent a crap ton of time on it. I had all my weapons 85% + by 20 with swords perfected. I had Parry perfect by 17, I had Dodge perfect by 27. Spec skills, I had Flurry high 90's by 36 or so, and Perfected before 44. Axe was perfect at 40, Disembowel was 97 by 42, Pincer was way behind becuase as i ranked I just never used axes because i found myself being the tank most of the time. I spent a crapton of time trying to get weapons and defenses done and then liberal use of Skill learn and Apt learner helped with other spec skills.