Idea for SMN

[Babekeke]

I capped summoning magic at 75. I levelled in abyssea to about 85 then started to use SMN for WoE only. Back then, WoE didn't give skillups. Due to the terrible skill-up rate on summoning magic, when I left abyssea at 85 I had the skill for about 77. No skillups in WoE meant that is where it stayed for a long time.

Not everyone you see skilling their summoning magic is an 'abyssea burned n00b' ^^

[FaeQueenCory]

I capped summoning magic at 75. I levelled in abyssea to about 85 then started to use SMN for WoE only. Back then, WoE didn't give skillups. Due to the terrible skill-up rate on summoning magic, when I left abyssea at 85 I had the skill for about 77. No skillups in WoE meant that is where it stayed for a long time.

Not everyone you see skilling their summoning magic is an 'abyssea burned n00b' ^^

That is a very good point.
But then again.... chances are in today's game.... They will be.
I don't remember if it was here or on another forum where someone talked about the "normal/proper way the game is played" and they listed:
1)level to 30 in gusgen
2)level to 99 in abyssea
3) empy/bayld gear
4) I don't remember the rest...

And no one said anything to contradict that....
Which means that if no one raised any objections.... that really IS how most players play.
And I can't fault them for that when things like GEO and RUN's AF....1.... is 99 gear.

I don't personally do that, because I care about my skill levels (smn ingrained that into me hard lol)... so should I decide to burn a job to 99.... I go gusgen to 33(full RSE) >>> crawler's nest to 50 >>> Go do the AF1 quests >>> back to crawler's nest with my AF1 to level to 60 >>> got to Bostaunieux Oubliette until 75 >>> (if there is magic involved, cap what needs be now) >>> then to abyssea until 99. (I don't actually do this exactly because before LB1, I leveled all my jobs to cap -50- and made sure to max all their skills then before doing my LBs. But that is what worked for me and my playstyle and by no means should or do I judge others by my measure.)

And I don't look down on a smn doing the cycling.... That really IS the fastest way to skill up... cause food doesn't affect the skill gains from BPs iirc.
But what I DO look down on are smns who run around in their AF3 sets... not AF3+1... the base.
>: (
THAT is the "abyssea burned noob" that I'm talking about.... the smns who don't even wear any AF1..... but run around at 99 in full unaugmented empyrean armor...
Who does that?
If not ppl who have the skill level of a lv30 and the body of a 99: an "abyssea burned noob"