Increasing Skills

[htabdoolb]

[QUOTE=What would be a good mob to train on that doesn't hit too hard?[/QUOTE]

You might try the centaurs in South Karana. Centaur Chargers are level 29/30, which should be perfect low blues at level 39. There's even a Centaur merchant nearby, who'll buy all the stuff you loot off of his dead compatriots.

As others have said, there are no shortage of mid level creatures to find and fight in the game. Browse through the Per-Level Hunting Guide if you need more ideas on where to start. You might avoid giant things like hill giants and cyclopes and such though, as I believe that they have an innate damage bonus compared to other creatures of a similar level, so they'll hit harder than they otherwise should.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Yeah the earlier you can train up your skills, the better. As you get higher level, mobs will eventually get harder, which means you will take more damage per mob while training at higher levels.

Originally Posted by eqravenprince [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Easiest way I've found is to find a group that will let you just skill up on their mobs.

Good idea!

[NPC]

So on live, the higher the level of mob is from you the faster you would level up melee skills trying to hit them. Also the faster your Defense would go up if they are beating on you. So try to find a weak damaging, lowest delay weapon for the skill you are trying to train, haste yourself and try to find a high level group 5-10 levels higher than you and ask if you can melee on their mobs to raise your skills. That should allow you to raise melee without taking any damage, being so low level you should never take agro. Beat on Red mobs basically. To raise your defense find a zone with high level mobs near a zone line and buff up as much as you can an let them beat on you, again red mobs. Preferably not too high so you can take more damage.

[aussenseiter]

Originally Posted by NPC [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So on live, the higher the level of mob is from you the faster you would level up melee skills trying to hit them. Also the faster your Defense would go up if they are beating on you. So try to find a weak damaging, lowest delay weapon for the skill you are trying to train, haste yourself and try to find a high level group 5-10 levels higher than you and ask if you can melee on their mobs to raise your skills. That should allow you to raise melee without taking any damage, being so low level you should never take agro. Beat on Red mobs basically. To raise your defense find a zone with high level mobs near a zone line and buff up as much as you can an let them beat on you, again red mobs. Preferably not too high so you can take more damage.

Defense should only skill up on a miss I've heard. Regular miss not the dodgey stuff.

[WarpathEQ]

For caster melee skills, run up and melee any mob that is running away to get some hits in and skill up over time.

Biggest thing is leveling everything to max at low levels as others have mentioned. Defense skills will come in time as you make mistakes that result in you getting hit when you otherwise shouldn't at higher levels but the more you can do early on (switching to a new weapon type when your main is maxed even if its a rusty weapon for example) will help a ton.

[eddrick]

A few tips for melee skill ups if you have a duo melee partner:

-A rooted mob will attack the closest player.
-Low delay weapons level up skills the fastest
-Haste (worn and casted) speeds up skill ups
-If a caster high INT or high WIS will speed up skills ups whichever is primary stat

As a shaman. Get a tank or melee partner. Fight light blues.
1. Root mob
2. Have your partner get very close to the mob and start attacking
3. Move your shaman behind your partner and start attacking

Your shaman will not get hit, but will level up melee skills.

GL

[eddrick]

For defense.

A shaman can face tank light blues with their highest slow.

Doing this for a level or two should get your defense where you want it to be.

Killing this way is slower than root/rot or other shaman kill methods. But this is the way to get your defense to max.

[Morphik]

Thanks for all the great tips everyone! Time to start building up the skills!

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by eddrick [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

For defense.

A shaman

Slowing will reduce the number of skill up attempts you receive though. Shamans are lucky as they have other tools to reduce npc dps besides slow - whether buffing their own tanking atats or reducing the enemies offensive stats.