User blog comment:Taldin/Styles and Class Thoughts/@comment-25172533-20160119211750/@comment-25172533-20160120194640

What prompted the idea of borrowing skills from other classes was my attempt to play Mage to repurchase my Mage Seasonal Shop equipment after rebirthing and then buy the Mage gear to get the Ultimate Gear badge.

I'm also battling a boss so I was using Burst of Flames and was gaining so much XP that I was leveling up much quicker than I wanted.

If I'd been able to use Brutal Smash instead of Burst of Flames (understanding that I'd have to allocate my attribute points to STR instead of INT for it to be effective), I could still deal boss damage without gaining all the unwanted XP.

This strategy may only work if you're in a solo party, but I thought it could be interesting.