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Skill experience: How is experience distributed to my action bar?

Teiji
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So, I have five skills on my action bar excluding the obvious ultimate.

I go into a fight, kill something. And get "experience"

Is it a set amount for all the skills on my action bar? Is it increased by using a skill on my action bar, the skill experience for the skill I used, obviously.

Interested to know, so many questions with this game I have found myself asking, this saddens me.
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  • Feimerdre
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    You only need the skill placed in your 5 skills bar. No need to actively use it although you will normally use the skills you place there as 5 is pretty few.
  • Tiyamel
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    as above stated as long as its on your bar it will gain experience
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  • Teiji
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    So what you're saying is.

    Skill experience is distributed regardless of usage of the skills. They need only be on your action bar.

    If that is what you are saying, I thank you for granting clarity unto me.
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  • Tiyamel
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    thats exactly it, as long as its on your bar it levels up, if its not it doesn't lol
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  • ThatHappyCat
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    Yes. Usage doesn't affect experience gain. You could slot a weapon skill and wield a different weapon (meaning it cannot be used), and you will gain experience in both that skill and its parent weapon skill line.

    A good way to level multiple weapons at once.
    Edited by ThatHappyCat on April 4, 2014 12:09PM
  • Teiji
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    I didn't even consider that TheHappyCat!

    Something so simple, yet convenient that I overlooked.

    Final object of my curiosity.

    Person A has five Ardent Flame abilities on action bar.
    Person B has one Ardent Flame ability on action bar.

    Do they both accumulate equal experience in Ardent Flame? And by Ardent Flame I mean Ardent Flame, not the individual skills within it.

    Edit- Five Ardent Flame abilities on action bar nets more experience in Ardent Flame than having just one Ardent Flame ability on action bar.
    Edited by Teiji on April 4, 2014 9:30PM
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  • gryffon2
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    Interesting! I did not know this! Explains why my bow keeps going up. I tossed an early bow skill on there, but haven't used it. I'm only 8th lvl assassin and use primarily siphon and my sword and shield attacks. Thanks!
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