Honestly, I have no issues skilling mage pups, although the Beadeaux curse is just a time sink, set it to healer and solo, you'll get skills aplenty. NOW VE/SS after an aby party, there's an issue. In order for a non-mage job to skill they have to actually hit the target, if you are gapped by over 100 don't expect to be connecting. So, it's off to Kuftal to let your auto solo (yes, solo). He may not hit anything, but he's got the HP and eva of a 90. Eventually he should connect, but you should just be ok with going AFK (personally, I fire up netflix streaming in another window) and check back every couple minutes. Keep a bit of inv space, might as well sell what drops.