Question on BlackMage....

[Dragon_Fang]

i wanted to know if I started out as a Blackmage/RedMage would that be good because i want to be a tarutaru and a heard that they have good magic skills also i heard that if you are red mage would i have a sword . but still use magic too from the magic BlackMage partso what would be good ?? please W/b someone

[vissione]

Re: Question on BlackMage....

Originally posted by Dragon_Fang
i wanted to know if I started out as a Blackmage/RedMage would that be good because i want to be a tarutaru and a heard that they have good magic skills also i heard that if you are red mage would i have a sword . but still use magic too from the magic BlackMage partso what would be good ?? please W/b someone

First of all do research, don't "hear" from others. Trust me, I've been through the whole "My friend told me..." routine and it's much better if you dig up your own dirt.

RDM gets to use a sword, and early on in the game can pretty much serve as a good tank aswell. However, as you level on higher, 20+ really, your sword becomes useless in party play. You also stop subbing /WAR to tank and you lose access to WS's so you're going to end up a fulltime mage.

Since you're a tarutaru, you're never going to be too good with a sword since your STR is pretty low, I'd stick with being a pure mage if you don't want hardships.

Here's a small overview of some combos:

BLM/RDM: You'll be a primary nuker, invited to parties to dish out damage aswell as be a backup healer. Since you're subbing RDM, your healing spells won't be as good as if you subbed /WHM(and believe it or not, healing is partly why you are even accepted into a party... though your black magic is still an important asset aswell). Elemental weapon spells are quite useless to you since you'll never use a sword to whack a monster with BLM as a main. This combo is alright, though I'd prefer BLM/WHM because you get healing spells sooner, aswell as raise and status curing spells (silence cure, poison cure, virus cure, etc). Later on in the game this combo will be viable though, I'd suggest you as a career BLM never neglect leveling your /RDM sub. Someday you'll have access to refresh and convert, which will allow you to replace a RDM if they don't gain new spells that do better functions.

BLM/WHM: You'll once again nuke... alot. You have more MP than a BLM/RDM so you'll have nukes to spare, as well as healing spells. You can cure status (like I said before, it's quite useful) aswell as have access to better cures than RDM. With the current level cap you have access to Life (very late I should add), which you can use to raise yourself when you've died without the need of someone else raising you. I think that's a good spell to have, especially when you're a tarutaru AND a mage... you never know when something may go wrong and you all die. :sweat:

In general really, they both have their good points and their bad ones. They'll level out though... I wouldn't consider BLM/RDM a bad combo at all, nor will a BLM/WHM always be more welcome. I'd have both subs ready for the future, BLM/RDM with refresh is QUITE useful.