leveling a sigil with mastery

[Derper]

Does a Sigil (kinetics) level up when only used as a Mastery? My Fire seem to level up quick, I kill guys with fire. But not before I debuffed them with a Kinetic Mastery spell. I have been playing for some hours with my Mastery/Destruction for some time now but the Kinet Mastery does not seem to level up.

Do you need to kill with a spell to level it?

[F3TTST3R]

No, it will level up with any augment type. It may be that you do not have that sigil "focused" (You can only have 3 sigils focused at a time, and they only level up if they are focused). To see if it is focused, go to the sigil selection screen at any vortex pool, and look for a little checkbox below the sigil.

[Derper]

aha! I see, the focus was not in Beta. Makes sense now why it would not level up, thanks.
But if I get this right.....you could play until you hit, lets say, level 10. Than decide to change strategy or just want something different for the fun of it and you have to level all the way back to 10 with a new sigil and loose all the progress on the former one?! really?
that does seem like the dont want you to change sigils and strategies that much.

[F3TTST3R]

Here's a quote from one of the devs in another thread:

Originally posted by Murderstache:

You are free to experiment with other sigils, as equipping a new sigil doesn't unfocus that sigil, you have to make the decision to unfocus so you can focus another. If, after you try it out for a while and want to keep it in rotation for a while you might consider focusing the new sigil. Think of the them like specializations - you can only specialize in 3 at a time but you can freely use all the sigils you have.

[Derper]

yeah but who is going to unfocus a sigil that cost them hours to get to a certain level? I am sticking with what I got now. Hope that my tactics keep working and i dont have to level another sigil halfway through.
thanks fore the info.

[Necro]

remember when u unfocus say a lvl 10 fire its level is reset.

[Derper]

yes i know, thanks. that is the point that is bothering me. but i havent finished the game yet so i might turn out to be a good system. right now i dont like the focus idea.

[Necro]

well it's not so bad, around shax's lodge my fire was 10, the rest 5..10 would be a pain but i havent wseen a better dps yet - as for the rest - getting to 5 isn't too bad so i don't mind resetting them

[Shrinkshooter]

I've been playing with different sigil combos without unfocusing my three "mains," and two of them are currently on the bench. As long as you have appropriately crafted spells for your level 1 sigils, walking around with them isn't a big deal (I have level 1 kinesis and phase, and they're doing just wonderfully).