Campaigning to 75

I've started campaigning a lot more since I've basically given up partying. Back when Wings of the Goddess was released, I think I was a level 57 or 58 Blue Mage. Since then, I think I had a total of less than 5 parties from between 58 to 75... Off the top of my head, there was one good BLU-burn party that got us to level 60, one party against Puks, one party against Dhamels in Bibiki Bay, at least two parties against Imps and... that's it as far as I can remember. The rest was gathered through campaign. (BLU 75 was actually obtained using a campaign op :)

Since Saturday, I've managed to get Dancer from level 58 to 60 purely through campaign. Exp is starting to come a little easier now since there is no longer an exp penalty for being a "low level" for campaign. Sadly, this is significantly faster than the LFP -> Invite -> Move to camp -> Die due to bad players -> Get exp for 15 minutes -> Disband routine that most parties seem to have. Seems like the "newbie" levels are from 10-73 these days, not just through the Dunes.

However, exp through campaign has a few problems...
Dancer isn't Blue Mage
According to what people have figured out on campaign exp, the best way to get exp in campaign is to do damage and to take damage. Both of these do not have caps in the amount of exp you can get, only limited by how long the campaign lasts. This is in keeping with my experiences with Blue Mage.

Problem with Dancer is... 1. Daggers aren't much for damage... 2. Dancers can't take much damage (not having Cocoon, and having crappy armor doesn't help), so as soon as my shadows go down, I'm pretty much spamming Healing Waltz until I run out of TP and die. Unlike BLU, I don't have access to /WHM Reraise yet, so dying is an annoyance.

From experience with Dancer campaigns, seems like the best I can do is to either hit on fortifications and tag out once I hit the exp cap, get a new tag and repeat... or go with a group of people to one of the major battlegrounds (Meriph or Pashhow) and support them. Problem with the major battlegrounds is... more idiots who get aggro from the NMs or mobs without letting them get to the fortifications, pulling them all over the map and of course, dying RIGHT where you're fighting so that the mobs go after you next... massive, unnecessary wipes. More proof that the average FFXI player intelligence has gone down the drain.

Skill up
My dagger skill was capped at level 58... Now I'm level 60 and I haven't gained a single skill level yet xD I really do need to get some skill on Dagger, especially since Dancing Edge is coming up soon at level 62.

My throwing skill is quite underleveled too, with a skill of 144. I can just *barely* hit exp mobs at this point... Unfortunately, the skill level is still too high to get skillups off of Easy Prey mobs... Need to find some DC or EM so skill up on.

For Blue Mage, I seem to remember doing at least one party in the mid 60s, lots of skillups while farming my Blue Mage testimony, then one party just after 70, and skilling up the rest in Limbus. Not sure what the opportunities for Dancer skillups are...

So... at this point, besides the regular campaigning I'm now doing, I need some help skilling up! Anyone up for helping me? ^^;;