Tactics wont raise!

[mark4583]

I have a Garg war, that has swords, parry,tacts,res spells,anat and bushido, also healing, all my skills are high 70's low 80's except tacts and its been at 40.1 and has not moved for a couple of days, Ive been grinding in Shame 1st lv. Tacts on my other toons has always raised there along with the other skills.
any thoughts or suggestions?

 

[startle]

Couple of things:
1 - Is Tactics set to raise?
2 - Are you below your skills cap?
3 - If 1 and 1 above are OK, then are you fighting mobs that are at your current skill level?

For #3 if you have access to one of the Crystal Ball of Knowledge or the Skill Tutor Statuette, either of which will tell you if your opponent is "within" the proper range to gain... If you don't have access to either of these, then you'll want to go to the Hunter's Guide here on Stratics and look at the Tactics level of whatever you are considering fighting. (Scroll down to the bottom of the page for whatever Monster you are fighting and you'll see its Tactics listed there). You need to be within 20 or 25 points of that monster or you will not gain.

 

[Obsidian]

All of the new Shame monsters have tactics skill at too high a level for you to gain. You will need to fight lower end mobs at first. Try starting on old haven and get to 50 with the tactics quest. Then go and kill lizard men for a bit. There ate plenty at the Tokuno Sleeping Dragon spawn or the first level of a reptile spawn on Ilshenar or Fel Lost Lands. You could use just about any low end spawn. Get into the 70s in tactics then try heading back to level 1 in Shame again.

 

[Creapor]

Go to level 1 Deceit and kill mummies, they should gain very quickly and take you all the way to 70 at which point you can gain off hired fighters from Jhelom fighter pits

 

[DreadLord Lestat]

30-45 Great Harts (Barrier Isle)
30-45 Bulls (Delucia)
30-45 Timber Wolves (Moonglow)
30-45 Gorillas (Trinsic)
40-55 Any Cemerery
45-70 Skeletons (Deceit)
45-70 Lichs (Lich Ruins)
45-70 Deathwatch Beetles (The Waste)
45-70 Skeletons (Yew Crypts)
70-80 Harpies (Compassion Desert)
70-80 Ettins/Harpies (Cyclops Valley)
70-80 Ettins/Trolls/Harpies (Oasis)
70-80 Lizzardmen (Crane Marsh)
80-85 Ratmen (Ice Dungeon)
80-85 Ratmen (ICe Dungeon)
85-90 Bone Knights (City of the Dead)
85-90 Bone Knights (The Waste)
90-100 Yomitsu Warriors (Homare-Jima)
90-100 Arctic Ogre Lords (Ice)
100-110 Lazardmen (Wrong)
100-120 Molten Elemental (Shame)
100-120 Tsuki Wolves (Mount Sho)

 

[RazicGL]

For a quick and free skill boost you can do the new heaven tactics quest, free alacrity gains up to 50 fighting the undead nasties in the old town there.

The dread lord couldn't have been more comprehensive in his reply after there