User blog comment:Jimeee/Skyrim 1.9 beta update adds Legendary difficulty and raises level cap (Updated Apr 8th)/@comment-166.137.156.16-20130406115352/@comment-166.137.156.24-20130407014822

you loose your skills. they give you perks... you already have. meaning, if you can smith Dragon Armor, then go Legendary, you get that skill point back. you are level now. you cannot even smith Steel anymore, let alone Dragon.