I found the best method for my playstyle was to:
Log in, charge to full via Summon Admit
Go hunting, use Debil/TM from aligned book
Run pathway
Every 90 seconds - Summon Admit

Doing the above meant it kept moving along nicely.

Samsaren

Just pointing out that 18/34 in 8 minutes is not particularly outside the realm of reasonableness. Especially since Summoning exp is something that can easily be maintained at some level of learning both in and out of combat.

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>>so every 90 seconds you are sitting down in combat?

Yes, though I tend to take some steps to keep from getting plowed in the face during, also. Give it some thought, the war mage spell options are rather robust in regards to combat.

Samsaren

You've got a lot of options. Good advice being given ITT.

Training in combat, the way to go is to charge up to full, run your cheapest pathway (the first one in your PATH LIST that is of your aligned element), and cast TM/Debil (or just debil. That works fine) from the book of your aligned element to keep your charge up. If you hit the timing consistently, casting every 14-20 seconds or so, you should be able to keep your charge up while you're hunting. You can throw in a summon admittance now and then to top up if you need to. Lay down a Thunderclap or drop the room with Frostbite or whatever you have, just before you summon admittance, if you want that extra protection. Otherwise as long as your timing is tight (and depending what you're hunting) you can back up to missile, summon, and be back on your feet before anything can be at melee and attack.

If you add a Domain to that your spells will generate double charge and you can be lazy with the timing. I train in combat by throwing up an Earth domain and alternating Anther's/Tremor while I run Pathway Power (I'm Earth aligned). I never need to summon admittance while I'm in combat.

There are some nuances you can take advantage of when you train. One is that the more difficult Pathways will use more charge and also teach better. So if you just want to dump as much Summoning experience as possible, run the last pathway you have from your aligned element and just top up more often.

You can also take advantage of summoning a weapon - which dumps a nice chunk of exp on a timer - without having any of the metaspells. Just SUMMON WEAPON to get the basic one and break or drop it. Wait awhile (not sure how long - a couple minutes?) and do it again as you're going about your day.

Anyway, hope all that helped.

Mazrian

>I just tested with path secrecy up and a script (looped summon admit x 3 then summon weapon, break it and start over) and was able to mind lock at around 12 minutes. This is with 580 ranks and no weapon meta spells. Going to try it with 2x summon admit's between weapon summoning later to see if it can get any faster.

This looks like best option. I'm fire aligned so MOA/FB in combat can keep charge going easily. Was just the time taking to get to high mindstate and only getting like 0.07 each time I got lazy and let it drain charge completely.

Just updated my script as well with the information. Last time I was checking the exp for summoning a weapon, it didn't seem that great. However, the 3x summon admit, Pathway Defend (earth aligned), summon/break weapon method took me from 11 minutes old method to 7 minutes now. I stop at 30/34 myself. Thanks for this discussion.

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>> Works great. Didn't realize SUMMON WEAPON taught well. So 3x summon adm, using Pathway Conserve, summon weapon, break, repeat.
>> Have it set to stop at 32/34 since it'll keep draining and stay locked.
>> Appreciate the tip!

No problem!

Don't forget you can align earth for double the fun!