User blog comment:Jimeee/Skyrim 1.9 beta update adds Legendary difficulty and raises level cap (Updated Apr 8th)/@comment-98.210.72.133-20130324160656/@comment-1.115.192.160-20130325112306

ERGH

You guys.

Seriously.

This is how it works.

I maxed my Archery a long time ago. It's the only thing I use regularly. I haven't level past 55 because there are no other skills that I use enough to level them. If I want to keep leveling up, I have to go grind stuff I don't use just for the purpose of leveling more.

Making my Archery skill Legendary would reset it, give me back the Perks points so I don't lose them, and let me re-level the skill. Since I use it always, it won't be that hard. Suddenly I have a skill that I'm leveling constantly again, so I can keep going past 55 without dipping into other stuff I don't care about. As the skill levels up, I can re-purchase the Perks I already had with the points I was refunded. In ADDITION, I get more perk points because I'm leveling up.

"Legendary" probably means you can only do it once, then it's a super-skill you are so good at you maxed it twice, so you're "legendary." I don't know if you can do it twice or not.