skill up problem

in 3 days(5+ hrs a day) trying to skill up my whm's healing skill i have only gotten 3 levels higher i have tried every food and different zones in and out of battle but i cant get more then an average of one lvl every day

i have casted every spell thats alined with healing skill that can be casted on self (Cura,Cure,Cure II,Cure III,Cure IV,Cure V,Curaga,Curaga II,Curaga III,Curaga IV,Reraise,Reraise II,Reraise III,Blindna,Cursna,Esuna,Paralyna,Poisona,Silena,Stona,Viruna) that a whm at lvl 78 can cast

i have tried with Enhancing and in 1 hr got 2 lvls

my healing skill is 282 and my cap is 291

the foods i have tried are Stuffed Pitaru,Poultry Pitaru,Seafood Pitaru,B.E.W. Pitaru and not once during any of the food did i receive a boost in skill ups

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Originally Posted by SMD111

in 3 days(5+ hrs a day) trying to skill up my whm's healing skill i have only gotten 3 levels higher i have tried every food and different zones in and out of battle but i cant get more then an average of one lvl every day

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Bit of advice. First off, level Scholar, sub Scholar, pop Light Arts. Instant skill ups as long as you keep Light Arts up.

Second, for Healing skill ups, you can get faster skill ups by nuking undead mobs with cures. Try getting Minikin and two Regen atmas in Attowha with an Earth Staff and whatever other PDT you can muster, then fight Schnitters one at a time by curing them to death. Additionally, I find that you get better skill ups when your cures actually recover HP, but this could just be anecdotal due to this being my primary method of capping Healing Magic.

For Enhancing, it is a bit harder, but try doing Besieged and casting buffs on NPCs there when possible. Additionally, religiously carry a Haste cycle on your party (including yourself) - they'll thank you for it, and you will get skillups. Alternatively, macro different barspells (you should have this done already for quick application anyways) then spam them for hours on end. Really though, subbing Scholar like you should should cover you while you get the skill naturally from carrying out a Haste cycle and other buffs.

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Originally Posted by Economizer

Bit of advice. First off, level Scholar, sub Scholar, pop Light Arts. Instant skill ups as long as you keep Light Arts up.

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no this wont work because my nativ skill for healing is higher then a subbed sch could give me

an sch with lightarts up at 39 thay cap healing at 115

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Second, for Healing skill ups, you can get faster skill ups by nuking undead mobs with cures.

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tried that i got nothing from them for 4 hrs

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For Enhancing, it is a bit harder, but try doing Besieged and casting buffs on NPCs there when possible. Additionally, religiously carry a Haste cycle on your party (including yourself) - they'll thank you for it, and you will get skillups. Alternatively, macro different barspells (you should have this done already for quick application anyways) then spam them for hours on end. Really though, subbing Scholar like you should should cover you while you get the skill naturally from carrying out a Haste cycle and other buffs.

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my Enhancing is going up nicely so i dont have a problem there

That's not how light arts works. It sets the skill to a certain level based on your main job's level. war/sch will get over 300 healing skill as /sch, even if sch's skill normally caps at 140ish. whm/sch with 350ish healing skill will have their healing skill pushed to around 400 with light arts.

Additionally, all magic in this game has retardedly low skill up rates if the target is a player character. Magic only skills up at a decent rate if the target it an NPC of some sort. Luckily, you can cast cure on undeads and deal damage, so that would sort out healing magic skillups. Enhancing isn't as easily dealt with, as you will have to find friendly NPC targets to spam on if you want that skilled up. Besieged NPCs work, your adventuring fellows do as well.

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Originally Posted by Mirage

That's not how light arts works. It sets the skill to a certain level based on your main job's level. war/sch will get over 300 healing skill as /sch, even if sch's skill normally caps at 140ish. whm/sch with 350ish healing skill will have their healing skill pushed to around 400 with light arts.

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well i just tried my sch which ill admit is only at lvl 32 tried lightarts and my healing skill did not go up any but the others went up to 271

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Additionally, all magic in this game has retardedly low skill up rates if the target is a player character.

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i agree

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Luckily, you can cast cure on undeads and deal damage, so that would sort out healing magic skillups.

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as i said i tried this for 4 hours and got nothing so i gave up on it
i meen it i dident even get a 0.1 in the 4 hours i tried this with and without skill up food

Are you sure you casted on undeads of high enough level? With your current skill levels, you should probably look for undeads around lv75+ or so for decent skillup rates.

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Originally Posted by Mirage

Are you sure you casted on undeads of high enough level? With your current skill levels, you should probably look for undeads around lv75+ or so for decent skillup rates.

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now you got me im not sure i will try again tomorrow

Hello,

Thank you for bringing this to our attention, and I apologize for the inconvenience this has caused for you. Skilling up can seem unforgiving at times.

I see the other posters have been helpful in providing some remedies to your trouble. Can you try them out and see if you are still having this issue? If so, please let us know if you are still having a problem or resolved your issue so we can either escalate the matter further or close out the thread.

Special thanks to the other posters and their help.

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