Looking for some serious help with SP

[Amusant]

Hello everyone,

I am fairly new to Silkroad and have done my share of research, but still very lost at what to do about the SP issue. All I have seen is get power leveled here or spend years grinding before ever reaching cap, and situation there is I would like to still experience the game but at the same time not get wrecked come PvP time. So the advice i'm looking for is could there be some way to still get through my levels at a decent pace but still earn enough SP for at least 70-80 even though cap is 110, I feel i'll never get there without a bot or help from higher levels So basically I will be handgrinding solo and don't wanna wait years before i'm even able to compete in any PvP or jobbing.

Any help would be greatly appreciated and please try to keep your responses clear & concise. I'm a new player so anything thoroughly explained would be wonderful! Thanks!

[_Clitrix_]

there is no way.
unless you get prem

[Amusant]

Well your advice was definitely clear and to the point, thanks for that but very saddening to hear there is really no good solution to my problem...

[Gladiator_RN]

you should start by getting a 3 gap and only up the major skills you need.

[Amusant]

Well if I do keep this 3 gap the whole way would this be sufficient enough to get all the skills I need to compete in some PvP/Jobbing (mainly interested in thieving). Or am I still gonna be forced to open up to the 8 or 9 gap at some point and spend months on virtually the same level? Which by the way is what i'm trying to avoid. Also, one more thing.. How about quests, because I am currently level 15 and have done a bulk of the quests mainly ones with SP exp, but still I barely get any compared to the actual exp. These quests greatly boost my leveling speed which is wonderful, but could this be a problem later on?

Probably something which is important to note then, I am a Chinese S/S pure int nuker and going for a more unique build of fire/ice/light for pure nuking. Meaning I will want to get all 3 nukes & Lion Shout.

[Goseki]

If ALL you get is nuke + shout + imbues, maybe. If you only update imbue and 1 nuke, yes. If you plan on upping the buffs such as grasswalk, mag dmg inc, parry inc, mag and phy def inc, then no.

[Amusant]

Well of course i'm looking into a bunch of the other skills, including all 3 nukes, lion shout, ONLY 1 imbue, but then also the usual skills taken from fire/ice/light as well. I do plan on having them maxed and let's just say for the sake of jobbing by at least level 50, how would I go about obtaining that many SP in a short amount of time? And of course i'm gonna have to solo..

[penfold1992]

you cant exactly get 3 nukes.. theres a mastery cap that you will hit so i recommend just getting 2 (light and fire probably)
this way you have mag increase.. better imbue.. and 2 strong nukes.

just did a quick calculation...
up to lvl 90, using only the skills u really need for PVE'ing...
you will need a total of 465k (aprox)
this is just for fire and light...
which means you will need to keep a 4 gap from 1-90 at least...
farming something like 100-150k sp before hand will allow you to 3 gap nicely.

[Amusant]

Thanks very much for the information, but when I calculated the SP for level 90 taking all the skills I wanted maxed, it would be more like ~700k SP. So if I were to farm by myself towards the lower levels where would be the most effective area for a pure int S/S nuker with average gear? And also a friend told me about this Guardian system where most people will power level you if you get to level 30+ would that be my best option? Just level up normally with a 3-4 gap till my 30's then look for one of those Guardians? Also, still wondering if quests were a good choice or should I have just gapped 3-4 and strictly grinded instead? Thanks for all your input and advice!