Im thinking of being a black mage

[Nightmare]

Im thinking about being a blm and i just need to know what good jobs i could use when i get to lvl 30

[bikkebakke]

Re: Im thinking of being a black mage

Are you planning to keep BLM your main? Or you want to play BLM up to 30 then switch to a different main?

[Nightmare]

Re: Im thinking of being a black mage

Im switching mains

[Brayden]

Re: Im thinking of being a black mage

Whm or Rdm comes to mind. I dont know a whole lot of jobs that sub /blm other than those for run-of-the-mill stuff.

[bikkebakke]

Re: Im thinking of being a black mage

Yeah, WHM and RDM are really the only 2 jobs that utilize the BLM as a subjob.

[DigitalisAkujin]

Re: Im thinking of being a black mage

WHM sub will give you the best use till level 66 and since your stopping at 30 it looks like it will be your only sub.

Real quick run down of pro/cons for sub lvl 66 spells. [Btw 66 because RDM gets Stoneskin at 33).

Both Subs: Cure, Cure II, Protect
WHM: Curaga, Divine Seal, +2 MND, More MP
RDM: +1 INT, +1 DEX, More HP

So basically the trade off is one INT for Curaga, Divine Seal, +2 MND, and More MP.


WHM looks like a much better combo at this level.

At higher level the reason RDM subs shine is because a 60+ healer becomes self sufficient (or they suck........) so you don't need to assist in healing in 95% of cases. Furthermore the chance of pulling hate due to magic bursting is greater at 66+ due to Tier 4 and Tier 3 AGA spells. In such cases Stoneskin, Blink, Phalanx combo of an RDM beats out the lone Stoneskin / Blink combo. The Dispel and Gravity spells also help to maintain control of the mob. Dispel also comes in extremely usefull in moon (exp pt @ lvl 69-72) on weapons since it is <impossible> for an RDM to dispel all the weapon's status effects solo within a 50 second period so two dispels can allow for much faster fights.

[Johnny]

Re: Im thinking of being a black mage

WHM sub will give you the best use till level 66 and since your stopping at 30 it looks like it will be your only sub.

Real quick run down of pro/cons for sub lvl 66 spells. [Btw 66 because RDM gets Stoneskin at 33).

Both Subs: Cure, Cure II, Protect
WHM: Curaga, Divine Seal, +2 MND, More MP
RDM: +1 INT, +1 DEX, More HP

So basically the trade off is one INT for Curaga, Divine Seal, +2 MND, and More MP.


WHM looks like a much better combo at this level.

At higher level the reason RDM subs shine is because a 60+ healer becomes self sufficient (or they suck........) so you don't need to assist in healing in 95% of cases. Furthermore the chance of pulling hate due to magic bursting is greater at 66+ due to Tier 4 and Tier 3 AGA spells. In such cases Stoneskin, Blink, Phalanx combo of an RDM beats out the lone Stoneskin / Blink combo. The Dispel and Gravity spells also help to maintain control of the mob. Dispel also comes in extremely usefull in moon (exp pt @ lvl 69-72) on weapons since it is <impossible> for an RDM to dispel all the weapon's status effects solo within a 50 second period so two dispels can allow for much faster fights.

Pretty informative, but from what I read, he is looking at switching his main job, and possibly becoming /BLM, not wondering what jobs are good for subbing to BLM. I could be wrong however.

If I'm not wrong, then I would recommend to you nightmare, to think about what job you will want your main to be at 30, and then look through the forum for that job and see what different jobs are viable (viable as in the most helpful) subs for it. Then, I would make that job your main until you reach 30. That way when you get your new job, your subjob is already levelled enough that you don't have to touch it again until you hit level 61.

Hope that helps.

As a quick sidenote on the /RDM or /WHM sub to BLM, while I do agree that at lower levels /WHM is better (it's what I subbed), for soloing sometimes the increase in melee ablility that /RDM gives is a nice bonus.

[Aeni]

Re: Im thinking of being a black mage

Yeah, WHM and RDM are really the only 2 jobs that utilize the BLM as a subjob.

NIN/BLM ftw ... >.>

[bikkebakke]

Re: Im thinking of being a black mage

NIN/BLM ftw ... >.>

De-buff ninjutsu>nuke ftw!!!

[Mog]

Re: Im thinking of being a black mage

ok this is killing me inside. What does ftw stand for?

[bikkebakke]

Re: Im thinking of being a black mage

ftw=for the win

[Mog]

Re: Im thinking of being a black mage

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