[Takelli]

I need help on increasing my enhancing skill. I can sit there spamming Bar-spell after Bar-spell for 10 minutes + and only get .1 skill up. I even get a few people mad at me as they don't use filters, and they keep having to scroll up in the chat to see what their linkshell is saying and I get yelled at in /tells. I even do it in areas away from the crowded areas, and I still get /tells.

Its annoying and a bit frustrating to try and skill it up so that I can cap it so that I can get max Damage reduction with Phalanx, and Stoneskin along with max "Enspell" damage. Can anyone tell me is there a faster way to level up the enhancing skill? My skill is almost 50 levels under its current cap, and I am level 60. Its getting REALLY frustrating that I can not cap my skill. Can I get some advice please?

Also... On a side note... I still need my AF hat. Me and a friend are going to kill Miser Murphy twice for the Hats. Now... I am going to kite it with SS and Phalanx as he shoots it as Cor with Dia II on it. How would you suggest I kite it as I have never kitted before and do you have any tips?

I am thinking of going as Rdm/War for provoke, and Defender. Also, will the Earth staff have any effect on the monster as well if I am just kiting? Anything will be helpful.

[Aksannyi]

It sucks to level, but basically you just have to spam it whenever you can. I would usually do it while waiting for Dynamis or some shit. I don't really have any better advice than that. I was 75 for like four months before I finally capped it.

That said, you don't really need to have Enhancing magic skill capped for Stoneskin to hit the cap on RDM. I never had any trouble hitting the cap on both RDM and WHM. BLM is where you need to scrounge around a bit to figure out your build.

[Takelli]

Ok. Thought that there might be a faster way. guess not. Thanks though.

[Armando]

Wasn't there some nonsense involving casting spells (Protect I) on NPCs and Generals in Beseiged that apparently gave much faster results provided no one used a higher Protect first?

[Icemage]

Are you level 75 yet? If not, have someone at 75 idle in your party and cast on them - I'm pretty sure your enhancing skill gains are mildly dependent on the level of the target. Of course, after level 200ish skill, everything is slow no matter what, but honestly as a RDM if you're not constantly casting Haste and Refresh in parties, you're Doing It Wrong.

As for Miser Murphy, go as RDM/NIN. He has a quite nasty amount of Drain on his attacks and you will die horribly if you can't blink his attacks away reliably when cornered (and you will get cornered more likely than not if you've never kited before). Strongly recommend you pull him far away near the zone line and have your COR friend shoot him and zone to clear hate. That will simplify things greatly.


Icemage

[Malacite]

Originally Posted by Armando

Wasn't there some nonsense involving casting spells (Protect I) on NPCs and Generals in Beseiged that apparently gave much faster results provided no one used a higher Protect first?

This is exactly what I do. The moment besieged starts, haste yourself and find the nearest NPC and begin spamming protect 1. It's slow & tedious, but it's the only reliable way to skill it up on a high level target for fast (comparatively...) skill ups.

[Takelli]

Originally Posted by Icemage

but honestly as a RDM if you're not constantly casting Haste and Refresh in parties, you're Doing It Wrong.

I cast Dia II on the mobs to help with faster kills too inbetween cycles. Even cast a cure or two when needed. I am able to keep up teh haste'refresh sycle pretty good lol. I just havent been able to cap it XD.

thanks for the tips on the NM. I may practice Kiting on weaker mobs just to see how hard it is lol.

[Armando]

Ah, I only skimmed through the OP and didn't notice the Miser Murphy thing.

Yes, blinking his attacks is practically mandatory. The one time I've tagged along for that fight I saw his drain proc for something preposterous, I think 300 HP, on a PLD that was 75 or near 75 at the time. It's not a rare proc either.

[Aksannyi]

I too missed the Miser Murphy thing. I almost wonder how well I could manage him on WHM/NIN if I were to try. I'd have to have a friend on the quest to pop him, but it would be fun to try with Afflatus bonuses and whatnot.

Almost worth unquitting for. XD

[Icemage]

Originally Posted by Armando

Yes, blinking his attacks is practically mandatory. The one time I've tagged along for that fight I saw his drain proc for something preposterous, I think 300 HP, on a PLD that was 75 or near 75 at the time. It's not a rare proc either.

Yes, Miser Murphy's Drain proc is absurd. I think he gets it on nearly every hit, and 300+ HP is not uncommon, and I've seen it go well over 400 before.

Do not under ANY circumstances get hit by him in melee. You WILL die if he hits you more than twice.

Another way to do him is to bring a Ninja friend. Miser Murphy doesn't have very good accuracy against a 75 NIN. Bring him to the zone line, and have the Ninja just straight blinktank. Pop in to land slow, paralyze, or whatever else you want, and to heal the Ninja in case Miser Murphy casts a tier II -ga (won't deal that much damage but strips shadows, so is fairly dangerous since he can land a lucky hit sometimes right afterward). Zone immediately if he comes after you. He's pretty resistant to Stun so don't count on it. If you can manage it, bring a WHM for extra security (flash to cover recasting after -gaII, extra healing to trade off while zoning, and of course Raise III as a panic button if you royally mess up.

I don't recall offhand if he's immune to Silence but it wouldn't surprise me.


Icemage

[Takelli]

So he does cast a few spells. So I can actually run out of range and rebuff with SS Phalanx and Utsusemi.

Surprisingly... No one in my LS has a lvl 75 nin. We have PLEANTY of plds, but not nins lol.

Thanks for the tips. I'll see if I can grab a nin to see if we can kill two of them. My cor friend needs the hat as well.

[Vevau]

Enhancing skill is a pain in the backside, but as has been said above its not a necessity and will cap eventually. The vast gulfs of xp between levels at 70+ helps.

Miser Murphy is that nasty to kite/tank. I was borrowed by a blm75 to help with him while I was doing an ACP mission and kited him whilst the blm nuked, it wasn't particularly problematic despite neither of us having utsusemi. If you can get a pld75/nin then they should have little difficulty blink-tanking it with haste on the pld and blind/slow on MM.

[fairyoracle75]

To level enhancing spells quickly go to a Campaign Battle with out tags or Beseiged and cast on the NPCs. Since they are a high level I found it helped quit a bit.

[Lunaryn]

Worth pointing out on the besieged thing that while it may lack in MP efficiency, Haste will always land (it'll overwrite haste that's already there), making it a handy buff to toss out in situations where NPCs are already heavily buffed (It's hard to find Besieged NPCs that haven't already ProtIV/ShellIV'd themselves).

[Takelli]

Originally Posted by Lunaryn

(It's hard to find Besieged NPCs that haven't already ProtIV/ShellIV'd themselves).

Why cant I do Protect 1-IV then shell I-IV on Players in beseiged? wont that work the same?