Quote Originally Posted by Grekumah View Post
Successfully desynthesizing an item will raise your skill level for that class. However, this may also lower the skill level of other classes in certain instances.
* If the skill level increase would bring your combined skill level over the 300 point maximum, the skill level of other classes will be lowered.
As others have said, this is extremely misleading. "in certain instances" implies there are likely to be defined instances when it would lower. Such as the line following it stating the 300 point max.

It isn't in "certain instances" it's "randomly".