So im leveling my dark knight and im just making sure that the fastest way to level my magic skills is to just chain cast different spells in between my attacks.
Also, does anything change how much my magic skill goes up after i cast a spell. Sometimes its .2 or.3, and sometimes i get lucky and get a back to back .5.
Does it matter which spell i cast or do all of the spells raise my magic skill in the same amount?
I know i sound like a noob here, but i got questions, and i need answers.
Thanx for ur help in advance.
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I'd say yes they raise it the same amount I don't know of any difference based on things like the strength or mp cost of the spell effecting skill ups on it.
In general you'll get more skill ups on monsters which are higher in level than the you. Once your magic is at or near level cap I'm guessing it's not at the moment.
If it is underleveled you can fight monsters that would be Incredibly or Very Tough for someone at the lvl your skill is at.
To do this depending on your level and how well you can kill enemies just go through all the old levelling zones so Valkurm Dunes - Qufim - Kazham I would miss Qufim and go straight to khazam but it depends on your level.
Alternatively you could level a mage class to raise your skills but it's not entirely necessary if you did do this you could aquire some useful things like Tele spells, Warp, Sneak and Invis etc which are always handy to have.
But at the end of the day if you wanted to cap your magic skills this way you'd have to take the mage classes to lvl 70ish, which I suppose is not your first choice so just go with spamming weak low cost spells on equivalent to skill lvl mobs.
In general you'll get more skill ups on monsters which are higher in level than the you. Once your magic is at or near level cap I'm guessing it's not at the moment.
If it is underleveled you can fight monsters that would be Incredibly or Very Tough for someone at the lvl your skill is at.
To do this depending on your level and how well you can kill enemies just go through all the old levelling zones so Valkurm Dunes - Qufim - Kazham I would miss Qufim and go straight to khazam but it depends on your level.
Alternatively you could level a mage class to raise your skills but it's not entirely necessary if you did do this you could aquire some useful things like Tele spells, Warp, Sneak and Invis etc which are always handy to have.
But at the end of the day if you wanted to cap your magic skills this way you'd have to take the mage classes to lvl 70ish, which I suppose is not your first choice so just go with spamming weak low cost spells on equivalent to skill lvl mobs.
The only thing you can control that will affect skillups is the level of mobs you fight.
Mobs that are well above your current skill will resist more, thus give you less skillups, but will give you bigger numbers like the .5s you have been getting.
Mobs closer to your skill level will give lower numbers, but more often.
One exception to this is the spell Bio, which will never be fully resisted. Use this as often as you can in xp parties, without pissing off the party.
Mobs that are well above your current skill will resist more, thus give you less skillups, but will give you bigger numbers like the .5s you have been getting.
Mobs closer to your skill level will give lower numbers, but more often.
One exception to this is the spell Bio, which will never be fully resisted. Use this as often as you can in xp parties, without pissing off the party.
Dia will level Enfeebling Magic.
Bio will level Dark Magic.
Flash will level Divine Magic.
Cure will level Healing Magic.
Protect will level Enhancing Magic.
All of these can be leveled in Besieged. Dia/Bio/Flash on a mob, as they'll never be resisted. Cure and Protect on a General - that has taken damage - (not sure if you can spam Protect on Generals, someone else will need to confirm/deny this)
The only one that might be hard to level would be Elemental Magic, because you might find your nukes doing 0 damage. But that skills up quite quickly anyway.
And a .4 or .5 only occurs when your magic skill is a LOT lower than the respective level of the mob. If it's only a few under cap, you'll get .1, .2 or .3. If it's 15-20+ under cap, you can also get .4 or .5. I've never seen anything higher than that, though.
Bio will level Dark Magic.
Flash will level Divine Magic.
Cure will level Healing Magic.
Protect will level Enhancing Magic.
All of these can be leveled in Besieged. Dia/Bio/Flash on a mob, as they'll never be resisted. Cure and Protect on a General - that has taken damage - (not sure if you can spam Protect on Generals, someone else will need to confirm/deny this)
The only one that might be hard to level would be Elemental Magic, because you might find your nukes doing 0 damage. But that skills up quite quickly anyway.
And a .4 or .5 only occurs when your magic skill is a LOT lower than the respective level of the mob. If it's only a few under cap, you'll get .1, .2 or .3. If it's 15-20+ under cap, you can also get .4 or .5. I've never seen anything higher than that, though.
i've leveled my healing magic through spamming cure 1 on general mihli.
she was out of the fight and wasnt damaged. so you can get skillups even if you heal for 0
she was out of the fight and wasnt damaged. so you can get skillups even if you heal for 0
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Another way to level enhancing is /RDM or /WHM and spam bar spells and en-spells.
Or just level RDM pass Lv41
For elemental, I personally /BLM and spam elemental debuff for that.
Or just level RDM pass Lv41
For elemental, I personally /BLM and spam elemental debuff for that.
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One exception to this is the spell Bio, which will never be fully resisted. Use this as often as you can in xp parties, without pissing off the party.
Ugh.
Only use bio in parties if the mages is not casting dia. If they are casting dia, try to use drain once a battle to get skill ups on dark skill. If allowed I used to cast bio and drain once per mob and dark magic skill would usually be capped half way into my next level. Also, if you are pulling, use poison to pull to get enfeebling skill ups.
Healing magic and enhancing skill can also be leveled up on the npc mobs from the campaign battles. I would warp around to the different outposts to find a battle that was just over and without my tags on spam healing magic and protect on one of the npcs.
Elemental magic was a bit difficult for me to level because casting it in parties was a waste of mp. I usually tried to find some worms and spam magic on them until I ran out of mp. Once my skill got high enough I spammed magic in besieged and was able to get skill ups that way.
Healing magic and enhancing skill can also be leveled up on the npc mobs from the campaign battles. I would warp around to the different outposts to find a battle that was just over and without my tags on spam healing magic and protect on one of the npcs.
Elemental magic was a bit difficult for me to level because casting it in parties was a waste of mp. I usually tried to find some worms and spam magic on them until I ran out of mp. Once my skill got high enough I spammed magic in besieged and was able to get skill ups that way.
If the party is casting Dia, don't cast bio. If the party is casting Dia II, Bio is fine.
If anything, use poison/bio/whatever to pull, maybe use an Absorb spell before a WS, but don't go spamming spells between swings. That will kill your DoT, and before 60 if you're one of the 99% of DRKs that don't use a Great Axe until then, you're a mediocre DD without nonstop casting.
Edited, Dec 30th 2007 12:12pm by bsphil
If anything, use poison/bio/whatever to pull, maybe use an Absorb spell before a WS, but don't go spamming spells between swings. That will kill your DoT, and before 60 if you're one of the 99% of DRKs that don't use a Great Axe until then, you're a mediocre DD without nonstop casting.
Edited, Dec 30th 2007 12:12pm by bsphil
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Lvling up ur magic skills in besieged is fun. Rdm chainspell bio over and over and gets lots of dark magic skill ups. If ur going drk u shouldn't really have to worry about lvling dark magic skill because drain,aspir and tractor takes care of that.
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