Skills

Job Changes and Benefits

No Loss of Proficiency

There will be no loss of proficiency no matter how many times you change jobs.

• Preferential → Preferential (specialized): No change.
• Normal → Normal: No change.
• Preferential (Specialized) → Normal: Skill level is doubled. Required skill level is doubled.
• Normal → Preferential (Specialized): Skill level is 1/2. Required skill level is reduced to 1/2.

Specifically:

preferential R5 1000/2500 → normal R5 2000/5000 → preferential R5 1000/2500

In other words, no matter how many times you change jobs, the actual value of the proficiency you have already acquired will remain the same. The newly acquired proficiency is the same for both preferential and normal jobs, so it is easier to level up your skills with preferential jobs since the required proficiency is half.

However, in cases such as 2001/5000, the decimal point will be rounded down when you transfer with preferential treatment.

(As of August 22, 2007)

Required Skill Level

When using preferential treatment, you will rank up with half the proficiency level compared to when not using preferential treatment. The proficiency level required to go up to the next rank is as follows:

• With Preferential Treatment: Skill R x Skill R x 100
• Without Preferential Treatment: Skill R x Skill R x 200

Skill Rank	Required Skill Level (Non-preferential)	Required Skill Level (Preferential)	Preferential Treatment After Training	Accumulation Value (Non-preferential)	Accumulation Value (Preferential)	Accumulation Value After Refining
1	200	100	80	-	-	-
2	800	400	320	200	100	80
3	1,800	900	720	1,000	500	400
4	3,200	1,600	1,280	2,800	1,400	1,120
5	5,000	2,500	2,000	6,000	3,000	2,400
6	7,200	3,600	2,880	11,000	5,500	4,400
7	9,800	4,900	3,920	18,200	9,100	7,280
8	12,800	6,400	5,120	28,000	14,000	11,200
9	16,200	8,100	6,480	40,800	20,400	16,320
10	-	10,000	8,000	57,000	28,500	22,800
11	-	12,100	9,680	-	38,500	30,800
12	-	14,400	11,520	-	50,600	40,480
13	-	16,900	13,520	-	65,000	52,000
14	-	19,600	15,680	-	81,900	65,520
15	-	22,500	18,000	-	101,500	81,200
16	-	25,600	20,480	-	124,000	99,200
17	-	-	-	-	149,600	119,680

In addition, when acquiring a large amount of proficiency, such as when producing 100 times with a low R production skill or when sailing long distances with the navigation skill, the upper limit of the surplus proficiency accumulation is 26,000. (After the proficiency limit of 26,000 is reached, the proficiency required for rank up is consumed.)