Arguably one of the longest grinds in the game, it would be nice to have the option to purchase this skill line, like most others, after we have completed it with one character
Is there a mechanic that prevents master leads from dropping if you don't have the appropriate skill level in scrying/excavation?
If not, then you only need the skill maxed on a single character. The leads are account wide.
No, there is not. Players can get leads even if no character on their account has scrying or excavation.
However, that does not mean players would not be interested in leveling up the skill lines on other characters as many players have done so for the chest passive. It is a nice-to-have QoL.
To OP, none of us that will actually comment in this thread have any idea of what Zenimax has planned for the future. What I have done is leveled this on an alt in Arteum to do purples. Then I use purple leads that dropped from treasure chest maps and from playing the game to finish leveling up the alt.
I have reach lvl 10 on 3 chars & lvl 7 on 5 - thats being said, I AM OLD PLAYER AND HAD DO GRIND FOR IT SO OTHERS SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT FOR FREE.... REEEEEK!
Nah, i am just kiding. If you can get Dawnbreaker or Meteor for crowns, there is nothing wrong in getting glowing chests