>>bet, as usual, is to bribe a higher level char to help you
>do
>>it on high rank mobs (like while they're ranking providing
>you
>>flee out when its hurt), than to do it yourself.
>
>I'm pretty sure this doesn't actually work out to help you.

Unless your learning rates are specifically worse when you're casting on a mob targeting someone not in your group, what would this be based on? Do you learn less well if your spell is saved against or something? That seems completely whack, but I guess it's possible.