Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

[Icemage]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

Level 61ish should be able to manaburn Flamingos in Ru'aun Gardens if I recall? Easy, easy XP if you can convince people to go there.


Icemage

[Rodin]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

Or find enough 61ish BLMs, and a BRD or RDM with sky access. I think that's considered the scientific cause of an Aneurism. (At least on Ragnarok anyways.)

[Matera]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

Hmm... Soloing could be viable.

http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.h...73224305;num=5

This thread right here gave me an idea...

Automatons that the trolls have. I tried freezing one once, but I got resisted and did a few ticks... But, are there other pets in Aht Urghan? Just think about it. Maybe you'll find something.

Although personally I haven't had any trouble finding good parties in Aht Urghan.

[Mog]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

Well crap, I guess SE really does hate us black mages.

While not explicitly stating that they're going to nerf us, they make it more difficult to get parties from 60+ by making the battle magic completely worthless in the new area. Thank you SE!

[Jei]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

Troll's automaton 2 shot my 65 war with the slapping move ; ;
400x2 back to back. I had 700 max HP...

[nugzkraka]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

You guys must be the worst BLM on your server.. lol

First off BLM kick the crap out of Assualt. We dont need full pt to get the same exp as melee in Aht areas, we only need2 2-6 BLM to manaburn Puddings in the mountain. Its alof fun to also burn the princes and dahak's for insane exp.

BLM can solo many things if you just put some effort into some gear and gain some freaking Skill.... geez people. BLM is not weakened by aht, we gain a huge amount of /heal power and feet damage bonus.

Understand 1 thing if you think BLM are weak or boring PLEASE play melee. Leave BLM to the pro's who use it to fight increadble fun things that melee shout for hours to get help on.

BLM 4 ever. also post in the melee section how much you love them, ofc you would need 398473242 melees to go adventureing lol. NIN and RDM i give you love.


Nugz

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

Nugz either contribute something meaningful to the discussion or keep the flames to yourself. You've been warned.

[tdh]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

I'm kinda shocked that you guys are having problems getting EXP parties and are hating ToAU areas. I've moved my static to those areas due to my poor damage against Crabs at Camps I needed to grow into. (Just high enough level to hit the mob, but not high enough to really do my usual damage. 50~70dmg Vs Crabs, and then 100~135 Vs Colibri?)

The past three nights my static has been killing Lesser Colibri. We have a big Distortion w/ DRK & THF, and BIG Blizzard II or Blizzaga II MBs. Last night, one skillchain did 1k from WS DMG, and then 640 MB. All told, this usually dropped Tucan Sam down to about 20% HP. Other nukes did pretty decent damage as well, and Colibri are Aspirable. (Something I really like as DRK.) We've averaged 10k EXP a night there, after about 3hrs of work. (9k was low, 13k was high.)

Ever time I build a party, I look for a BLM, or Multiple RDMs so at least one of them can nuke. At Lv.73, my ideal EXP is NIN, DRG or RNG, BLM, WHM, SMN, and myself as RDM. Killing Imps is so damn easy I almost feel guilty. lol SMN & BLM can drop 75% of the mob's HP before Provoke timer resets. Sadly, I can't build this party very often due to not having certain jobs seeking.

So I'm surprised to hear you guys are having problems getting parties, and here I have problems finding BLMs most evening.

[DakAttack]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

You guys must be the worst BLM on your server.. lol

First off BLM kick the crap out of Assualt. We dont need full pt to get the same exp as melee in Aht areas, we only need2 2-6 BLM to manaburn Puddings in the mountain. Its alof fun to also burn the princes and dahak's for insane exp.

BLM can solo many things if you just put some effort into some gear and gain some freaking Skill.... geez people. BLM is not weakened by aht, we gain a huge amount of /heal power and feet damage bonus.

Understand 1 thing if you think BLM are weak or boring PLEASE play melee. Leave BLM to the pro's who use it to fight increadble fun things that melee shout for hours to get help on.

BLM 4 ever. also post in the melee section how much you love them, ofc you would need 398473242 melees to go adventureing lol. NIN and RDM i give you love.


Nugz

And this, folks, is the root of all end game drama.


I also can not see why people wouldn't want a Blm in Aht Urgan areas. Black Mages are almost completely necessary if you're planning on doing a skill chain, and who isn't? It's just not practical to stand there and hit the same monster while twice as much time passes because you decided to forego the Blm. A few seconds of magic burst saves you a few minutes of mindless hacking and slashing.

[Matera]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

Like I said in another thread, we're fine in Aht Urghan.

[nugzkraka]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

BLM is not weakened by aht, we gain a huge amount of /heal power and feet damage bonus.

That is meaningful :p

Assualt gives us more hmp and refresh while healing

[Jei]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

You mentioning BLM can solo VT, let me say this : I like partying and enjoy EXPing as a group. And merit PTs in ToA are simply not fun at all when you're a BLM. Except manaburns and the rare troll PTs, I'm having a very boring time PTing in ToA with my BLM. Maybe you're lucky with finding manaburn PTs, but I can only find one every few days. Other than that? I either get no groups, or groups going to imps/puks which I'm basicly useless.

I'd rather merit with my Rdm in those places.

60-66 wasn't all that bad. Still skillchains here and there
68-75 was where I was bored out of my mind... all PTs were basicly melee burn style chaining weak mobs. They don't need my nukes. Curing was almost my main role in these PTs. Yea I could throw out a 4 spell taking off the mob's HP over 50%... then what, the imps flew to me silenced all the mages. Yea right, so much fun. SMN doesn't have this problem, their Garuda were hate free.

BLMs are useful in many assaults missions. But that's a different story. How many times a day you can do assault? usually just once. 3 the most. And each time won't last more than 30 minutes anyway. I'm glad I have BLM to easily participate in these assaults, but they can't keep me occupied for too long.

Honestly, I'm very excited to merit with my Warrior much more than my blm. Blm is my last job choice for meritting in ToA.

[Olorin401]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

You guys must be the worst BLM on your server.. lol

With your rotten attitude, I'm surprised you even get invites. Grow up.

[wolfjorg]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

Well my first advanced job was DRK and had gotten it to 50 before I switched over to BLM. Once BLM had reached 75 and 6 merits, I turned back to myDRK to lv some, and now find it a 73 and having more fun with it than I did BLM.

Now here is my problem, when ever there is a ls or hnmls event, i get asked to get on BLM, and really don't want to. I would rather go as DRK, as I like to melee, and as we all know, people get hairs up their butt's if we melee.

If you find BLM becoming boaring, switch to a diffrent job for awhile. Level that job till you decide you're ready to go back to BLM. I played BLM for 2 yrs and DRK for 1yr , I like em both, I have the flexibility of a Mage with full blown nuking ability, or a melee with a death wish. I will level PLD next so as to have the tank side.

Just level what you feel like doing. Take breaks from jobs if they get to you, then go back to them. Or take a break from the game, and come back refreshed. I,ve taken about 3 breaks in the 3yrs I have played. They help alot to keep you from getting burned out on the game.

[Gyfford]

Re: Off-topic, but need fellow BLM's opinions.

The new areas *cring* I had the best/worst party ever there last night. We had blm, whm, rdm, nin, war, thf. Well the SC was Light .. sweet thunder III. Well, the melee are just plowing thru these flys, by the time I get blind, frost, and drown off, the SC is rdy.

So I stand there while they flash their TP around... waiting...waiting... wtf.. The mobs 3/4 do the d@mn SC already. Well then the rdm says "Nuke!! Thunder IV!!!" I say "I'm waiting on MB, they're ready, and thunder IV is lv75 :/"... well they finally do the SC, I MB then it dies.

Well we're also pulling Imps. They spam a AoE move that takes away your /ja's. So the nin (tank) could not voke. So until he vokes I sit there (debuffing), then the RDM says again "Nuke!!"

I say F~it and nuke, I only do a II spell cause the nin can't voke. I get hate, the imp comes by the mages and silences us. I say "that's why I did not nuke :/ nin can't voke!" , Also, this was actually a TP burn party. Each fight they would have 100+ tp before the mob is 3/4 dead. So why would I nuke, then MB. It would have been so much overkill.

All and all it was a good party, but it's kindda like having a blm in a axe burn pty. Even with a rdm mp was a challenge... I found myself resting longer instead of blind, frost, drown. That did not seem to matter they still plowed thru the mobs. Non-stop pulling also chain 1-5, then right back to 1 with not even a second of rest.

I was trying to tell this "NUke" rdm that i was conserving MP, for the mb's and chains. Seeing how the whm always had 500+ mp (nin tank) and rdm had convert.

What I would have given to be in B. Bay or Fighting tigers :/