Ask a Pirate Thread

Right now I'm only 123, am I have a bad feeling I'm doing Skelegons wrong. In the mini-dungeon I was only clocking ~9-10%/hour. I think it had to do with me trying to find out how to integrate Dragon Strike and Barrage into my attack rotation.

-Single/double target is obvious: Double Upper/BSB + Barrage -> repeat

The various ways I would round up the mobs of Skelegons were as followed:

1. CSB to start gathering, then: Dragon Strike -> BSB -> Barrage hopefully a stunned mob -> (turn if needed) Dragon Strike before stun wears off on others -> (repeat from BSB again)
2. CSB to start gathering, then: Dragon Strike -> (BSB when needed to bring together) -> SSK -> SSK -> repeat
3. CSB -> Dragon Strike -> Barrage -> repeat (found out it is a fail way to kill. Way to slow)

When charged (BSB when needed to bring together):
1. CSB + jump forward Energy Blast to start gathering, then: Dragon Strike -> Energy Blast -> SSK -> repeat
2. CSB + jump forward Energy Blast to start gathering, then: Dragon Strike -> Energy Blast -> Energy Drain -> repeat
3. CSB + jump forward Energy Blast to start gathering, then: Energy Blast -> SSK -> repeat (this is my old method of killing off mobs)

If only 2-3 mobs are alive when in Energy Charge state:
1. CSB + Energy Blast to start gathering, then: Energy Blast -> Energy Drain -> repeat

I dunno. I'm not sure if it's because 12x-13x is technically the 4th job hell levels because my killing speed has only slightly went up, or there's something I'm not doing right to maximize my DPS. Right now Dragon Strike is level 10 so it's 410% to 4 targets now. Barrage is obviously level 1 at 94% x 10, and Speed Infusion is just level 1.

Can the Skele platform rotation be a problem? My method of cycling the map counter-clockwise is:

1. 1st platform
2. 2nd platform
3. 3rd platform
4. 4th platform
5. 2nd platform
6. 1st platform
7. Repeat

Are you on 1x or 2x to gain 10% an hour

If you're on 2x, you're probably doing bad there because it's too early for you. Even I gain 12% an hour and I'm level 131 (at Newties), still not ready for skelegons. If you want to skelegon, you'll probably need more points in Dragon Strike. I suggest you train at Himes for the time being.

I went Barrage first and trained at Newties with my friend. Newties solo gives me about 12% an hour, and it's great since I barely use any pots. (CSB, DU, and Barrage combos keep my HP high, while MP recovery takes care of my MP. Drain revives that lost HP).

I'm not even going to dare soloing Skelegons until I get more points in DS, which I'm working on now. The only thing that worries me is out non-KMST DS will make me use a lot more pots than at Newties, which will make me wonder if it's worth it. With the new dungeon, probably.

As for your previous post, I'm about 90% sure that the Barrage you saw was in a Private Server or early KMST patch. Personally I like how it works now since I have a 0% chance of wasting time hitting nothing. The DS I'm not so sure about, either an early patch or some trick that I can't seem to manage.