Guard Skill -- Another look with Martial Master

[Meian]

Could be total luck but...

I was out raising Guard again at the Boyhada Tree for a bit on PUP and noticed Martial Master was active.

Tried spiders first after hearing from wiki that having above 100 tp kicked in martial master (of course this wasn't verified and it was wiki after all).

Got maybe two skillups after fighting several pairs of them at once. I was always above 100 tp even with /DNC sub


NEXT, I try three Mouioches (mandies) like I use to do in the past. I got many skillups from fighting one trio of Mandies. I was always below 100 tp for this (had to have Sakura heal me several times when I didn't have the TP to cover the damage I was taking)

It could be total coincidence I know but it just seemed too many skillups... not that I am complaining XD

I know there was that update that was going to help lower skills raise faster, but testing Guard since that update before Martial Master showed little to no improvement from what I saw.


+24 Guard Skill equip and +16 AGI

At 140 Guard without gear.

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[Shenrien]

you also have to remember that they increased the rate of skill ups for low skills to help make it easier on the players because of level sync, I think it tapers out around ~180 because when I was skilling up my bards shit I would get .5 just for something like minuet in a party but now that I'm over 200 I rarly see shit.

[Meian]

you also have to remember that they increased the rate of skill ups for low skills to help make it easier on the players because of level sync, I think it tapers out around ~180 because when I was skilling up my bards shit I would get .5 just for something like minuet in a party but now that I'm over 200 I rarly see shit.

Yea but as I mentioned above I noticed no difference with that rate of skill up after that update (several people tried if I remember for Guard and there was even a topic on it). Was under the assumption it was only for weapons

[Appie]

On average I got 2-4 levels of guard per 2 hours when I was skilling it (doing 3 mandies usually). Now I got 1.5 level up in 15mins back then too, but usually ended in an half an hour or longer of nothing after. So if it is the same after those SS'd 15mins, then gogo martial master?

[Kyte]

Yea but as I mentioned above I noticed no difference with that rate of skill up after that update (several people tried if I remember for Guard and there was even a topic on it). Was under the assumption it was only for weapons

My experience is the opposite- it seems to me that the Parry and Guard skill up rate did improve post-update.