Guard Combat Skill

[Hartless]

I can't pin point this exactly but there is definitely something wrong with the Guard Combat Skill.

First off, according to http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Guarding_Skill "Guard only works when the player is using a Hand-to-Hand weapon (or bare hand).” That being said, I am getting skill ups when using either a club or staff:

There is some discrepancy with regards to H2H combat but I haven’t pinpointed that yet.

That being said, I've never seen the guard skill used as a MNK.


Also, i am getting intermittent skill ups from under lvled mobs. If I understand skill up correctly, you should get skill ups for mobs that are in the range of that skill or higher. My character is lvl 14 w/ lvl 45 Guard skill and is getting intermittent skill ups from easy mobs in the sarut regions. I'll see if I can get more specifics on this later.

[bluekirby0]

The retail skill-up system changed to allow all defensive skills to level even when they don't activate. There is a config option to disable this behavior.

As far as skill-ups go, a mob has a max "skill level" it can bring you to, so an easy prey mob can still give you skill on a skill that is under-leveled.