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Re: Proposed Builds Part 2: Mystic Knight
I see bells as a means to store that energy for later use. This makes the job practical without cheating on the basic flavor of it.
And you are quite a bit off about NIN/BLM. Like it was mentioned above, this form of Geomancer has greater difference to NIN/BLM than COR does to RNG. You missed the purpose of the their "nuking" spells(the only thing they really have in common, aside from maybe Blink). They do not lower the monster's elemental weakness at all and receive a rather huge bonus on Skillchains. It's a simple hate grabber more than a potential damage dealer. A Geomancer would relay more on his subjob to tank, may it be PLD, RDM, or WAR(.../NIN would be very powerful, but not as strong of hate grabber). Then again, maybe the Geomancer will rely on his bow to be a DD rather than a tank.
About the system being cumbersome... it's nothing more than what a BLU goes through. Think of it like this: Ice and Thunder are farther away and require a higher level to use(or they could just switch to their level 30+ job and get them), however which bells you have to use at the very beginning depends on what job you start at. This is very much like Blue Mage. Considering 3 to 4 elements would be free, and most of the time that will be Earth, Water, and Wind(Stoneskin, Aquaveil, and Blink... and also being able to MB on any Level 2 SC but Fusion)... it isn't as troublesome as some make it out to be. If a Geomancer ever felt lazy and gimp enough, he wouldn't have to carry around all his bells, just like a BLU doesn't have to get all his spells.
Dancer I admit they are very similar to Bard, and that was the intention. I wouldn't say their songs are the same(or barely different). The difference may be little less than RDM compared to BLM(no cures, no buffs, no gravity for -aga spell line, elemental dot, sleepga), but it's still there. Dancer functions only while meleeing, opposed to BRD running around like crazy, it doesn't have any real crowd control prowess(being a variant of the best crowd control job, it's a big deal), has different debuffs, and is better at buffing melee jobs while completely unable to buff mages.
About Dancer traditionally being an enfeebler... wouldn't that mean Bard would have no enfeebling songs? However, in FFXI, "rules" must be bent in order to make a decent job.
And about there being another thread... I don't look at any other boards but this one and news. I honestly don't see the point in looking for it.
Besides, the Geomancer is supposed to access the elements in their immediate vicinity. That's what made them so interesting.
And you are quite a bit off about NIN/BLM. Like it was mentioned above, this form of Geomancer has greater difference to NIN/BLM than COR does to RNG. You missed the purpose of the their "nuking" spells(the only thing they really have in common, aside from maybe Blink). They do not lower the monster's elemental weakness at all and receive a rather huge bonus on Skillchains. It's a simple hate grabber more than a potential damage dealer. A Geomancer would relay more on his subjob to tank, may it be PLD, RDM, or WAR(.../NIN would be very powerful, but not as strong of hate grabber). Then again, maybe the Geomancer will rely on his bow to be a DD rather than a tank.
About the system being cumbersome... it's nothing more than what a BLU goes through. Think of it like this: Ice and Thunder are farther away and require a higher level to use(or they could just switch to their level 30+ job and get them), however which bells you have to use at the very beginning depends on what job you start at. This is very much like Blue Mage. Considering 3 to 4 elements would be free, and most of the time that will be Earth, Water, and Wind(Stoneskin, Aquaveil, and Blink... and also being able to MB on any Level 2 SC but Fusion)... it isn't as troublesome as some make it out to be. If a Geomancer ever felt lazy and gimp enough, he wouldn't have to carry around all his bells, just like a BLU doesn't have to get all his spells.
Dancer I admit they are very similar to Bard, and that was the intention. I wouldn't say their songs are the same(or barely different). The difference may be little less than RDM compared to BLM(no cures, no buffs, no gravity for -aga spell line, elemental dot, sleepga), but it's still there. Dancer functions only while meleeing, opposed to BRD running around like crazy, it doesn't have any real crowd control prowess(being a variant of the best crowd control job, it's a big deal), has different debuffs, and is better at buffing melee jobs while completely unable to buff mages.
About Dancer traditionally being an enfeebler... wouldn't that mean Bard would have no enfeebling songs? However, in FFXI, "rules" must be bent in order to make a decent job.
And about there being another thread... I don't look at any other boards but this one and news. I honestly don't see the point in looking for it.
. Hmm.. I wonder, you think their Spellblade spells should cost half of what BLM spells should? Especially since MKT would be casting it alot.
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