I dont think they have done anything to parry or guard. I just went out in full + guard gear (300 with all the gear and merits and natural skill)

took roaring laughter - ducal guard - 20 regen atma
went to altepa
pulled 10+ mandy
had protect/phalanx II/full set of -pdt gear
skill up ring (no earring) and skill up food

in 120 minutes of non stop 10 mandies beating on me i got 3 skill ups (as 3.0)

Tried the same in attohwa, same result 2.4 skill ups in 2 hours.


None of that seems to fun/balances/worth while. At that rate it will take me 120 + hours to cap guard, doing the above capped evasion, shield, and 6 weapon skills in 120 minutes TOTAL. As in a single 120min stint was enough to cap all of that. Its not about time sinks when you can skill up everything else 1000x faster