Hi, i am also a blader. Not pro enough though. This is my first time playing a MMORPG.
If you are around level 55-60, you can go find Stone gargoyles at port lux.
You can lure around 10 Stone gargoyles together and fight them all at once. Use your AOE skill and you can get a lot of experience at 1 go.
My experience for a normal hit on a Stone gargoyle is around 200 exp. With my Hasing Dance, and hitting a lot of gargoyles at 1 go, i can get up to 5000 exp at 1 go, 25 times more. You get to level up faster this way.
About the skill rank, maybe u can try using combo on them, usage of 3 AOE skills in the combo is enough, preferably including Hasing Dance and Storm grind.
I am assuming you have reach expert level in sword skill liao. If not, maybe double or triple slash.
just a suggestion.