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About Leveling Weapon Skills with the Wrong Job

[Difficulty learning weapon skills]

Depending on the weapons your character is equipped with and the jobs you have chosen, you may or may not be able to learn certain weapon skills. There are jobs and equipment for any weapon skill that you wish to have your character learn. Weapon skills your character has acquired before may not be usable after changing jobs or equipment. If you find that your character is the only one who cannot learn a certain weapon skill at a certain level, please confirm that none of those conditions apply to you. Unfortunately, as there are numerous possible weapon skills and jobs to choose from, we can only recommend that you try to experiment with various combinations or ask other players for help with discovering the right conditions to learn a weaponskill.


[Skill level of an equipped weapon not appearing under combat skills]

Certain jobs can equip weapons that are not listed under your "Combat Skills." In these cases, the weapon's corresponding skill will not increase, your accuracy and damage will be low, and you will be unable to use its weapon skills. However, additional stats on these items (e.g., "INT +1") will take full effect. 


[I should have learned a new weapon skill, but it didn't appear in my skill list and I can't use it.]

Some weapon skills can only be used by specific jobs. You can use these skills by switching to the job to which they correspond. Unfortunately, as there are numerous possible weapon skills and jobs to choose from, we can only recommend that you try to experiment with various combinations or ask other players for help.


[Unable to use a learned weapon skill]

Weapon skills can only be used when you are equipped with the proper weapon and have selected the proper job. Some weapon skills are available only when you set the proper job as your main job. If you are experiencing a situation where you cannot use a weapon skill, even after you have reached the right level and learned the skill, your main job may not be able to use that particular weapon skill. Please try to experiment by yourself in game or ask other players for help discovering the right combinations.





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