I am not in the best position to know how many battles per week the average character partakes in, but I can honestly say that I have never had a character fighting five battles a week. I doubt that is sustainable. I am willing to bet that the average is closer to 1.5 a week and this may be high. Even with two a week, it would take 83 weeks to max out swordfighting. That is right about 1 year and 7 months. Honestly, I am pretty sure that one can gain similar levels more quickly just by being rich and spending all their money at the academy. Participating in battles would really be a much more preferred option in my opinion.
Regarding how many characters we want to see reach the skill cap, I am not sure why this is so important regarding warrior skills but seems to be not a concern for oration.
