What kind of silliness is that ?

[Arutha]

As long as the increased range of values is uniformly applied

Aye, but there's the rub. ;)

Will it be uniformly applied? That's what I don't believe.

Also, consider that for instance, maxed Holy Shock and maxed Resist Lightning can be achieved around lvl 45.

At lvl 45 you can be in normal act 5, or anywhere in nightmare.

You can be in a 1 player game or in an 8-player game.

What are they going to balanced the game for? For single players with both skills maxed at the early stages of nightmare? For multi-player games at the end of nightmare?

20 skill ranks was already the hell of hard job to balance.

Now, that's effectively 40+ skill ranks.