Stats gain trick not working

[Figger]

Here on the forums tells about a way to gain stats quicker but it isnt working at all. Has it been changed?
 My crafter who mines alot would benefit from having more strength and since mining is a good way to increase Str, you would think he would have alot but he only has 56. Since mining is already high, i chose to do herding and archery to increase strength but it doesnt raise any stat at all.

[Amairgen]

The best way to work Stats up (if you cannot find or buy a Stat Ball) is start early while skills are low. Lock all skills or Mark them to go down. Then train up one skill for the Stat you want. Do not train it past 10 Skill. Then mark that skill to go down (back to zero) while you mark a different one to go up. Rinse and repeat until you get your stat where you want. After that work on a different Stat. When complete you may have one or two skills you do not want (left over from Stat work) but they will eventually go away as your template fills out.

This is the old school way of setting up stats and has never been changed here. However . . StatBall for the win because it also boosts your stat Cap to our shards 325.