2008-10-03, 11:55 PM
Even though this is borderline necroposting, I feel I have new(ish) relevant information.
I know for a fact that if you job advance to first job above level 30, you will not gain the SP back for first job. I did this back in Tespia when I was testing for job advance amounts. You will still get the HP/MP bonuses from the advance, but you will not get the skills, making going above level 29 worthless. I'm not sure about level 30 itself, but why bother?
Anyway, it has come to my attention that pirates do not gain the same amount of HP/MP on level up as bowmen/thieves. They gain more, which totals some odd 200ish HP and 80ish MP over 20 levels (10-30) versus a Beginner. I feel this is significant enough to advise against it for washing purposes. You'll already be many points short on HP and it will be far, far more difficult to wash being so far behind in MP.
In short: Leveling past 29/30 is a definite no-no. If you level up to 29 as a Beginner, just realize that you're trading maybe a day worth of leveling (less if you use 2x) for a rather sizable chunk of HP and the inability to wash easily.
I know for a fact that if you job advance to first job above level 30, you will not gain the SP back for first job. I did this back in Tespia when I was testing for job advance amounts. You will still get the HP/MP bonuses from the advance, but you will not get the skills, making going above level 29 worthless. I'm not sure about level 30 itself, but why bother?
Anyway, it has come to my attention that pirates do not gain the same amount of HP/MP on level up as bowmen/thieves. They gain more, which totals some odd 200ish HP and 80ish MP over 20 levels (10-30) versus a Beginner. I feel this is significant enough to advise against it for washing purposes. You'll already be many points short on HP and it will be far, far more difficult to wash being so far behind in MP.
In short: Leveling past 29/30 is a definite no-no. If you level up to 29 as a Beginner, just realize that you're trading maybe a day worth of leveling (less if you use 2x) for a rather sizable chunk of HP and the inability to wash easily.