Skill up locations

[odysseus]

Copied/pasted from the original site, www.allakhazam.com/journal.html?user=313276;mid=109958392257943142

Here is a list of the locations that I usually visit when doing weapon skillups.

000-060 = Korolokka Tunnel
Land Worms (20-25)

000-085 = Quifim Island
Land Worms (25-27), Clippers (25-29), Giants (28-31), Acrophies(32-34)

060-100 = Sauromugue Champaigne, Rolanberry Fields, Eldieme Necropolis
Goblins (26-30), Goobbue Farmer (28-32), Quadav (30-34), Evil Weapons (36-38), Tabar Beak (34-37), Gazer (41-43)

100-140 = Garliage Citadel, Crawler's Nest, Quicksand Caves
Chamber Beetles (54-56), Death Jacket (40-42 ), Nest Beetle (45-47), Sand Eater (51-59)

140-200 = Kuftal Tunnel, Boyahda Tree
Robber Crabs (60-63), Bark Spiders (60-63). 180 cap is usual if levelling an "E" rated skill, "C" rated skills will get closer to 200 here.

180-210 = Beadeaux, Castle Oztroja, Davoi Monastic Caverns, Uleguerand Range
Quadav's (62-69), Yagudo's (64-72), (63-69), Giant Buffalo (68-71)

180-230 = Ru'Ann Gardens
Flamingos (69-72), Sprinkler (73-76)

200-270+ = Boyahda Tree, Cape Terrigan
Steelshells (73-76), Elder Goobbues (74-77), Greater Manticore (76-79). These will take "A+" skills into the upper 270s, "E" skills will hit 200 on these at 75. Possible to camp Kreutzet at the same time in Cape Terrigan.

Link to a Skill cap calculator and chart for whatever job and level you are at.

www.ausystem.org/~aushacho/gbox/ff/skill-e.html


Any suggestions for other zones and levels that aren't in here and I can just add it on.

[McClebby]

i think from:
60-100 u can go to the Elidime Necropolis on hectaeyes mob
100-140 in CN bee and nest beetle

[Jonathan]

A list of productive skill up locations would be awesome. Like the Buffallo in Uleguerand Range that are Bonnacon's placeholders - those go to a little passed 200. Or the manticores in Cape Terrigan can easily go just as far as Steelshells, and you can camp sirroco kukri nm at same time.

etc. Crabs are just wasteful if you're going in a pt, but creativity always fails me, and so I end up making love to the usual crabs.

[odysseus]

Edited the list and added link to skill cap chart/calculator. Took out the unrelative text that was in there.

[Sosa]

Nice, these are relatively hard to find, despite the fact it's something pretty much everyone has to go through at one point (or many points if you're a masechist and plan on raising multiple jobs to 75) or another.

Thanks for the post.

[tempus]

I find it interesting that Drk has B+ elemental magic compared to Blm A+ 20 points of difference, but still interesting. I wonder if my tier 2 nukes would actually do the equivalent of gimped blm tier 2 nukes if my skill was capped. Hmmm, amusing to think about at least. Especially since you consider that rdm is only C+ for elemental. Yes, SE did want Drk's to nuke way more than we do.

-t

[Sosa]

Less INT means lower hard cap on your nukes, assuming you get full effect with no resist. Also, not a lot of +Elemental (there is some) or +MAB gear available. Is it "worth" your MP? Probably not at later levels, simply because the maximum damage on a burst is a drop in the bucket next to what you can do with normal melee swings (assuming you hit.)

They'd cap somewhere around 150 base, I believe.

[tempus]

You're forgetting my +10 MAB AFv2 Body, which ties for the highest MAB stat piece in the game. Now Im not saying I think my nukes will do shit, and Im not saying Im going to waste mp, and Im certainly not saying Im going to waste time casting when I should be hitting, but some day I would like to cap it and just go fuck around with a rdm and a blm and compare for s&g.

-t

[Sosa]

The end result is that you'll beat my damage on Tier two nukes, and I'll blow yours away with a Tier four nuke.

Hypothetically speaking, I mean.

I do so enjoy these discussions! I did some damage parses to calculate MAB/Skill/INT/Stave procs in relation to the timing in macros not too long ago, and took down numbers. If I can find them, I could tell you your maximum unresisted damage including MAB gear. >_<

[tempus]

I know a while back SE was saying they wanted drk to cast more, so they gave us absorb-tp. Stupid morons dont realize that the reason I dont cast is 1) cast time is too damn long for the "advantage" it nets and 2) limited mp base. If the cut cast time in half and mp cost by a third for my spells (maybe by allowing us to merit conserve mp or some shit) then maybe...

Meh, we now return this thread to it's normal derailment schedule.

-t