No Shinobi XP from dash/climb/slide?

[BeanstalkerLMK]

Try as I might, I cannot get any movement ability, be it sliding, dashing or vaulting, to give me Shinobi XP.

I tested this fighting gangoons on Pacifica beach, using a pistol, and checking the XP on the character sheet before/after (to make sure its not a UI issue). I even installed a Kerenzikov to get some mid-dash kills, but no dice.

Can anyone confirm that they have gotting Shinobi XP WITHOUT equipping SMGs or ARs?

 

[Tarille]

I've gotten some Shinobi xp while using a pistol and katana. Though it's always been very minor and it only occurs when actively in combat (Meaning that I never get xp for the hours upon hours worth of out of combat parkour I do...)

 

[BeanstalkerLMK]

I've gotten some Shinobi xp while using a pistol and katana. Though it's always been very minor and it only occurs when actively in combat (Meaning that I never get xp for the hours upon hours worth of out of combat parkour I do...)

Katanas (and all other bladed weapons, including Mantis blades) count as a "Shinobi" weapon for the purposes of skill xp. Pistols don't, though.

 

[Oksiki]

Belated reply but I get shinobi XP from movement abilites, regardless of the weapons I'm currently equipping. You just have to keep using them multiple times because they don't grant you XP for one or two dashing and vaulting intstantly, unlike using ARs or SMGs or blades.

 

[evilof]

Do you get XP when useing movement outside of combat?
I THINK I got +1 skill one time from a slide outside of combat, but I am unsure.