Why are skill up rates so atrocious?

[Byrth]

If they'd allowed skillups in Walk of Echoes then I'd be capped too. I use summoner in two places, and one of them doesn't allow skillups.

[Soranika]

I think every summoner would easily cap summoning magic in Walk of Echoes.

Right now I find myself only reall on SMN as of late to do WoE (once in a blue moon), using Alexander on old endgame and new bosses when asked, and voidwatch. I can't really remember why I would be on SMN anymore outside of those events. =\ It's saddening... for three years it was my only 95 job but now I've taken liking to DNC and I get put on WHM duty inside abyssea.

[Greatguardian]

Buy skillup food. That stuff is ridiculous.

[Dfoley]

Buy skillup food. That stuff is ridiculous.

Only if you define ridiculous as in "barely noticeable". Honestly, I tried to be fair and bought it and tried it for casting, no go. Tried it for guard/parry, again no go.

I see more difference with martial master than skill up ring + earring +food (all at the same time)

I am sure it does something, but nothing worth my time to parse the minor difference.

[Greatguardian]

I just got 110 shield and 20 parry skill in an hour =/ barely noticeable says what?

[Mirage]

What food was this? And up from which skill level?

[Alpheus]

Someone mentioned to me that the NQ skill up food say for example Saltenas only worked up to a certain skill lvl and beyond that skill lvl you would need the HQ Elshenas. So for example say that certain skill lvl is X, then from 0-X in skill lvls you'll get a nice performance out of Saltenas however once passed skill lvl X you need to buy the Elshenas to get that kind of performance.
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Huge possibility that what was said to me was a giant lie like all things based on hearsay. Never had a problem skilling up weaps for my war with a few mandies and retaliation so i never even tried to eyeball the difference between NQ and HQ foods.

[Greatguardian]

What food was this? And up from which skill level?

Elshenas, 276 skill (shield) to 382, Parry 240 to 262.

[Byrth]

My last attempt to quantify the effects of skillup food was inconclusive. Neither Saltena nor Elshena had any detectable effect on my Parrying skillup rate (skillups/parry) or the size of skillups (skill/skillup).

It's possible I was over the skill cap for Elshena already (started at 335 parrying).

[Sparthos]

I just got 110 shield and 20 parry skill in an hour =/ barely noticeable says what?

Those skills are a joke to skillup when all you need to do is AFK and let mobs beat your ass. lol