Summoning magic skill-ups and the rate of which we are getting them.

[Xilk]

I have found the following guide to be very effective for skill ups. The goal is too find targets approximately 7 to 9 levels above your current skill level. skills grow best when keeping in this range.
http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Sk...uide_by_Kyrial

[Sp1cyryan]

Hello,

We noticed some of you mentioning that you have been attempting to skill up summoning magic in Legion or have been spending a lot of time using offensive blood pacts on the same monsters for a long period of time.

The rate in which your skills increase depends a lot on your skill level related to the enemy's level. Since the monsters in Legion are extremely high level and there is also a chance that the monsters you are fighting for long periods of time are also quite high in level, you may want to consider trying other monsters if your progress appears slow.

This is like calling a helpline for a computer hardware issue and being asked if you have "turned it off and then on again" after already being on the phone for 20 minutes with the person.

Summoning skill ups are slower than other skill ups in this game and pretty much unbalanced in the face of how anything else in this game skills up faster. It is that simple, and since it has been made clear the Dev team does not wish to change that. Then why not just lock the thread so people stop asking?

[Nawesemo]

Because its entertaining , while unable to play, working to pay for my real "job"? Dont lock the thread! /sarcasm

[Puck]

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Though my suggestion was before you came on board as a Community Rep. Okipuit, please jab Camate or one of the others to let them refresh you on a little concept called "Gyms of Vana'Diel"

You should bump that thread or re-post it if bumping isn't possible. It's been, what, over a year since it was active? It's worth another go.

[Camiie]

Hello,

We noticed some of you mentioning that you have been attempting to skill up summoning magic in Legion or have been spending a lot of time using offensive blood pacts on the same monsters for a long period of time.

The rate in which your skills increase depends a lot on your skill level related to the enemy's level. Since the monsters in Legion are extremely high level and there is also a chance that the monsters you are fighting for long periods of time are also quite high in level, you may want to consider trying other monsters if your progress appears slow.

I would attempt to skill on anything and everything from EP-IT and not at all in Legion. It simply didn't matter. The skills came at a very low rate against everything. It doesn't help that we can only BP: Rage once every 45 seconds at best. I realize we get skills from summoning and BP: Ward as well, but as stated those proc at an even lower rate than BP: Rage. Increasing the rate at which those can proc skillups would help.

[Babekeke]

I would attempt to skill on anything and everything from EP-IT and not at all in Legion. It simply didn't matter. The skills came at a very low rate against everything. It doesn't help that we can only BP: Rage once every 45 seconds at best. I realize we get skills from summoning and BP: Ward as well, but as stated those proc at an even lower rate than BP: Rage. Increasing the rate at which those can proc skillups would help.

Offensive BP wards proc at thesame rate as bp rage. eg. shock squall, somnolence, diamond storm, sleepga, slowga etc.

[Camiie]

Offensive BP wards proc at thesame rate as bp rage. eg. shock squall, somnolence, diamond storm, sleepga, slowga etc.

Yeah, that's true. It'd be nice if buff-type Wards would get a higher rate though.

[Luvbunny]

Well they just delivered another bad news for summoners everywhere with the recent "adjustment" to Perfect Defense. And conveniently NOT doing anything to this thread when we are asking that skills up to be improved at faster rate.

[Babekeke]

Well they just delivered another bad news for summoners everywhere with the recent "adjustment" to Perfect Defense. And conveniently NOT doing anything to this thread when we are asking that skills up to be improved at faster rate.

I was just coming in to say the same thing. I'm currently stuck around the ~420 mark with gear (about 350 without) and I was capped at 75 and didn't leech a single level of SMN ><

Leaves me with a 51 second PD

[Herby]

I was just coming in to say the same thing. I'm currently stuck around the ~420 mark with gear (about 350 without) and I was capped at 75 and didn't leech a single level of SMN ><

Leaves me with a 51 second PD

Funniest thing about this is, they set the cap for PD @ 600 skill. I know of no legit way to get SMN skill that high!
I'm @517 skill and there's not much room for a higher number with gear.

Nice way to troll SMN even harder after the cait sith delay...