If you can't one shot the monster, you are actually losing exp. (Each new area, the difference between the highest level monster between the 2 area usually differ by 20-30%. It usually the lv difference and arcane force that lower your damage)
Weak 5th job skills usually can be fixed with better equipment for damage.
For a cheap investment from using random boost node (you can disassemble them later while losing very very little node shard), use up to 5 slot to boost your main training skill to lv 60.
You can craft it using the smithing profession in the two-handed weapon section using 10 DEX crystal, 8 intermiediate item crystal, 3 intermediate abrasive
Guild revamp broke the workaround Here a workaround.
Use the guild skill "On My Way" or "I Summon Thee" to unstuck yourself. ("Rise , Minions!" will also work but it get put on cooldown and uses your IGP)
This method was used in the past when Empress Cygnus put you into death lock when she transformed you while you were in a middle of a buffing animation.
It is intended by design by the overlord of KMS as a inconvenience penalty for having a bishop mule in a different but easily accessible map (easy Empress for example).
In Reboot world, the amount of mesos you acquire is divided based on the number of party members. It will now be divided based on the number of party members regardless of their location.