DRK magic skill ups ? or ..

[Zettofaia]

heya everyone.
i just started playing DRK a month ago, i've been having a lot of fun with it till i reach Lv.40, it became my worse nightmare !, my drk magic skills r still at 70th and thats not becoming fun anymore, im wondering if someone can give me some info on how to lvl up my drk magic ( i cant do that in xp pt's, they always go like "dont cast bio for 1 dmg XD !" tho that wont effect anything actually), pls dont go like skill up pt's...there arnt any at my lvl..in seraph at least...i wish someone can give me a golden tip so i can go on with my drk path again ^_^ + its becoming even harder to skill up weapons since this stupid new change in skilling up system T_T, no skill ups when missing ; ; !!.


Zettofaia
Seraph server.

[tdh]

Re: DRK magic skill ups ? or ..

I had a head start when it came to Dark Magic. I hit Lv.30 with RDM, so I had a decent Dark Magic skill before I even had a spell as DRK. So that helped, but that only helped me to about Lv.25. Of course at Lv.25 you're in the jungles, so Aspir is a waste of MP, and when I was leveling DRK, it was well before they changed the MP cost of Bio. So I didn't bother casting it.

Once I hit Lv.40, I was leveling on Goblins full time, and was doing a lot of BCNM40s. So I was casting Stun a lot, and Drain. From BCNM40, my Dark Magic went up about 35 pts. And it got me close to cap'n it. Having a BRD our static helped so I could cast Absorb-AGI and STR and not miss the MP, so I managed to cap it by Lv.45. It's been pretty simple to cap ever since. It's cap'd at DRK51 at Lv.158. Which kept it cap'd for my RDM until Lv.57, now I actually have to cap it for Lv.58.

You could have a LS member who goes farming, to ask them to try some beetles or crabs for you. Just keep hate while you cast your Absorb spells for the skill up. Or just cast Bio for the party most of the time. It's a DoT, so don't let them give you the "It only does 1dmg" comment.

[kuu]

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Between Stun, drain, aspir(when possible), and abs, you probably can cap it pretty quickly.

The only reason not to cast bio(who cares for 1 damage, it's a DoT) is that it interfere's with dia, which I rather have in the "Kill them before they kill you" ideal of good pts.

If you have juices on your for your mp, no one should scream at you for not casting.

Of course if you're just wasting MP recklessly without drinking juices and stuff....Then yea -.- level it up on your own time.

[Zettofaia]

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i got my drk magic to 80 by casting bio on crawlers near crawlers' nest, i think i will be able to get it a little closer to cap before reaching next lvl (i bought juices -.- and hell i hate spending gill) altho my drk magic is weak, i can still get 8-10 vit/agi points from IT mobs and thats better than nothing, the good part is when i cast my absorbs pt dont know how many points i got so they cant go "dont cast absorb-XXX for # XD !! get the hell outta my pt !" i guess i'll capp it after 2, 3 lvl's and then everything will be ok ^_^, thank you for replying, info you provided helped me in a way

[Enialas]

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Or just cast Bio for the party most of the time. It's a DoT, so don't let them give you the "It only does 1dmg" comment.

yup, even if it resists the initial damage, it still lowers thier attack and does DoT which unfortunately doesn't show in log. Remember, Bio is NOT a DD spell it is an Enfeblelment that works of the Dark Magic Skill (to make an enfebelment that rdm is not best at) Sure doing a 100 Bio is nice, but if you were going for Damage you would have cast an Elemental DD spell and did 300, you cast Bio for the other reasons and the inital damage, if it isn't resisted is a bonus. ^^

[tdh]

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I have cap'd Dark Magic, and the most I've ever seen Bio II being cast for is 51dmg. And it always seems to do that amount of damage. Even against a Too Weak it only ever seems to do 51dmg initially.

I dunno if it's just your delivery, or are parties getting on you about MP expenditure? Absorb-AGI is a very useful spells. It's been a year since I've been able to level as DRK, but all parties asked for it. My last two parties, the DRKs didn't cast it. Things may have changed.

Now if you're over casting; casting all of your Absorb spell, and nuking, then I can see why parties would yell at you. Most likely you're Tier 1 Elemental spell isn't going to equal one Scythe or Great Sword hit. If you can cast Fire for 80+dmg people might not complain, but you're not gaining TP, effecting downtime, and even Taru DRKs don't have an MP pool ~that~ good.

For most of my DRK life, I've been the Pull Monkey. I used my X-bow to pull, after the 1st Provoke (Or only Provoke depending on party setup) I'd cast Absorb-AGI, then get to work building TP. On a rare occasion did I MB, though I tried to for a while, (But if it's a Dark effect, I always try to MB.) so all my MP went to Absorb-AGI, and Stun. I think the last time I cast it, and checked, I got AGI+15 from the mob. That's a pretty nice benefit to the party.

Some DRKs use Absorb+STR before a Weapon Skill, I had plenty of STR+ in my food and gear, so I didn't use the MP for it. It could be different for your set up.

[kuu]

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It depends on your mp pool, since you try not to sit, but Spells are much better depending on the situation then swinging with no care in the world, and smart to decide.

Every swing that give you TP, the same goes to whoever you're hitting +2. MBing is nice to do when you don't want monsters to do something dirty when it's being TP up for a roundabout. It's also good when your monster does something like defense up, evasion boost, att down, etc, where you'll be swinging for crap.

Though most likely much of your nukes will be going to drain. As that seems the best.

On bio2, as I said, something is better then nothing, except when it inferes with with something else, in this case, if your rdm/whm casted Dia2, don't be an idiot and waste his mp as well as yours.

[Zettofaia]

Re: DRK magic skill ups ? or ..

thank you all for your replys, such a good info ^_^.

actually with drinks i find it really easy to cast spells without worrying about MP, i never sit unless i have 0 TP to start with plus i never cast anything other than my Absorb-XXX spells, stun (it gets resisted most of the time so sometimes i just dont bother casting it) and Darin (my fav spell after Absorb-XXX), pt's now enjoy my spells and im also getting a lot of drk magic skill ups (tho im 20 lvl under cap), im getting from 9-10 points on my absorbs wich is very good, i thank you all for the time you spent replying me, i think im doing a lot better now ^-^.

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[Aeni]

Re: DRK magic skill ups ? or ..

Stun was the only spell that I ever casted that could get my skills fast. In Moon, I remember getting skills of 0.6 to 0.9 per cast. It was insane. I capped my skill on just two or three mobs. orz ;3a

[TheGrandMom]

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The first thing you need to do is to stop listening to asinine comments such as "dont cast bio for 1 dmg XD". You just tell them to do their job and you'll do yours. I never had an issue with my dark magic being lvled on my drk. I would cast at least one Absorb spell every fight, usually 2. (Of course, which ones depend on the mob your killing.) Drain would be cast if I was hit for a decent amount. Aspir also if possible and I needed the mp. And last Bio if there was no blm or the blm wasn't casting. Between all of this, my dark skill was always up there if not capped.

[Zettofaia]

Re: DRK magic skill ups ? or ..

thank you both for your replys, actually stun never works for me (always get resisted) but i think i need to skill up my drk magic a little more to make it work, and i think that i need to put what pt thinks in mind, im not lvling alone but sometimes yes, they just dont put you in mind when saying anything, cant be helped, i'll make sure to try stun again later :D

[TheGrandMom]

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You'll need to lvl up your dark magic to have your stun be effective and you will need your dark magic capped at all times in the higher lvls. Its very important for you to keep on top of this and if that means casting Bio when somone in your party thinks its useless to do so, too bad for them. The only time Bio shouldn't be cast is if Dia absolutely needs to be on the mob. Otherwise Bio helps and does not harm so there should not be an issue with casting it.