How to skill fast & smart

Basics
To start off, you must get yourself an adept set. An adept set will give you additional skill EXP when you use an ability. Get a set with +3 skill EXP at the least, don't settle for +2 skill EXP since the more skill EXP you get the faster you will acquire ranks. Additonally, buy adept rings and an adept amulet. If you are level 70+ than you can buy a bracelet that also grants you additional skill EXP.

The best way to skill fast is to use a combo. If you execute longer combos, than you use more skills in a shorter time, thus you earn more skill EXP. Find monsters that are durable enough to handle a couple of your attacks but weak enough not to do major damage to you in your adept suit. Those mobs won't give you too much normal EXP, so you won't have to worry about monsters becoming stronger.

Untill you are level 50 always use skills and comboes and never use "normal attack".

Hopefully, when you will be level 50 you will have your skill rank around expert.

Port Lux Instructor
When you are level 50, go to the Port Lux instructor. You better ask for help from a higher level player since he is not located in town and the mobs on the way to him are strong. The map below will show you his location.



When you are there buy one of the Change Force upgade skills. Make sure you have the money and an open upgrade slot. If you want to level up your sword ranks then buy Magic to Sword. If you want magic then purchase Sword to Magic and If you want to level up both sword and magic don't buy either skill, but it will also be two times slower.

Acquiring Skill Ranks
Remove all your weapons (Swords/Orbs, etc) and go attack low level monsters. Attack them with fists and WITH "normal attack". (Make sure you have auto-attack option checked in your options)

Low level monsters are monsters that give you more than 0 EXP per hit, and you can fight without them hurting you.



You can also buy some low level weapons, like a basic katana and use it. With those you can use buffs which help you damage the mobs.



With this method you better use the "window mode" of the game and while you are killing the monsters you can surf the web or do something else.

When you kick low level monsters with fists or weak weapons it takes about 2 minutes to kill each monster and you get good skill EXP because skill EXP is how many times you hit it but almost NO regular EXP.