Get off the /mage bandwagon!

[Taskmage]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

Btw, I'm anxious to see how those subs work out too, Kailea. Seems like we won't see much of blu/sam until 40 whem blu gets Chain Affinity, though.

[Zempten]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

BLU/WAR works.

Maybe it's just my play style but it works. I had to carry Yagudo Drinks though, they help alot.
Food Type: Tacos

It was like RDM/WAR all over again back in the dunes. I kind of like it. I'm not sure if this is going to work though in the upper lvls. RDM/WAR got torned up around the mandys in Kazham

[Gwynn]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

So you're saying we should get off the /mage bandwagon and jump on the /melee bandwagon?

>.> Gee thats some good arguing there.

[Kailea]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

might even try BLU/PUP the puppet is every strong even when you sub PUP


get a RNG puppet and then have it sit back and shoot while you melee and cast spells :p

[Nadien]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

So what about band wagon, to each their own as i would say. leave the blue mages be what they wanna be. so far with my own eyes ive seen them play well in partys with different subjobs

[Karinya]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

I don't know what you're smoking, but I've actually been using /search to sample subjob popularity for the new jobs, and blu/war and blu/nin BOTH outnumber blu/whm among 20+ BLU. (Obviously /nin is rather pointless below that).

The entire subjob game changes radically at 30, so I don't think it's very meaningful to invest emotionally in what people under 30 sub. They're not going to get berserk or sneak attack or elemental seal (let alone conserve MP or double attack or dual wield 2 or auto-refresh), so what does it matter? A few more MP, some cures you can use on other people, an emergency provoke, dual wield I, utsusemi ichi on a job combo that can't get or keep hate.

Now, of course, if you're tanking, then your subjob matters a lot. But the jury's still out on whether or not BLU/WAR can compete with other tanks (probably, at least before heavy armors get introduced) and whether or not that's the only style of BLU that's useful to a party (probably not).

Unless you think that ALL BLU should be tanks, there's no real reason to advocate one subjob choice over another at such low levels. And characterizing BLU/WHM as a "bandwagon" is absurd - you just haven't looked at the population. (Or it's very different on your server, which is possible, I guess.)

[Nadien]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

good point, i agree with the whole differences over 30+. but i stand to say seen a few blu partys and they are good. I just dont mean the Blue Mage is a noob tool, but with a experience player as yourself the blue mages can be deadly weapons

[Icemage]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

I'd be thankful that there ARE people willing to sub /WHM. There's precious few people playing WHM these days, even considering the incoming Xbox360 crowd, and lack of healers tends to be what kills party formation at the lower levels.


Icemage

[Nadien]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

Yes, i know that problem too well. Even tho i've come back to final fantasy ive put a number of jobs through the teens. waiting for a white mage for a party can be fustratng (excuse the spelling).

[Spazz]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

So much is still uncertain about BLU... therefore people are experimenting with everything. Hell... people still dont freakin believe me when I say you can have a Lv75 player in the same party with you and still learn abilities -or - the ability to learn off of Too Weaks. LOL Until people try shit for themselves, they wont be 100% satisfied.

/whm = Nice support just incase the shit hits the fan and your party needs some help healing and recovering.

/blm = At Lv24, you get Drain. At Lv30, you get Elemental Seal. At Lv34, you get Warp. At Lv50, you get Aspir. Those are the highlights.

/rdm = At Lv30, Fast Cast + decent stat boosts that are not directed at one side of casting or the other. You also get decent debuffs that I know I dont wanna waste spell pts on. This in my opinion is my fave sub for solo'ing.

/smn = Yes, MP. At Lv50, we get Auto Refresh. Ok . . . did I miss anything . . .?

Those are the mage subjobs.... I am currently trying to test the theory behind such stuff like Sneak Attack + Bludgeon. Once I finish my rounds of trying every subjob, I will tell you.

[Deeman]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

lol wow I did not, in any way, mean to offend anyone by saying blu/war works. Blu/whm is indeed a blessing too, cures along with Healing Breeze owns my life...I'm not saying all /mage is bad. I just think blu should be more versitle at that level with the abilities they have. On midgard, if u do /sea all blu, u only see like 2 /war and the rest /whm and a lot of people in the DUNES (LEVEL 10-19ish, NOT 30+) are saying "we need a tank we need a tank".
So I'm not saying BLus will be ultimate tanks blah blah end-game or anything like that.

[Spazz]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

well other than my crappiness of dieing and delvling trying to learn Digest last night... do a /sea all Spazz from time to time ans feel free to ask me to try anything for you. I have only tried /war a few times and liked it, but that was pre-Lv30. I did tank a few parties in the Dunes and I did just fine...

But yes... on Midgardsormr, everyone and there freakin brother's uncle's cousin's sister twice removed from their father's side is a freakin /whm or /nin.

[locus]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

FYI, I've levelled to level 40 with BLU/WAR, being the main tank on Crawlers in Yhoat.

Provoke > Headbutt > Bludgeon > Headbutt > Bludgeon
Healing Breeze when you lose hate.

It works fine and I would take less damage than a pld if I had a shield. (stupid AH) =_=

[Spazz]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

yay for blu tanks!

[Taskmage]

Re: Get off the /mage bandwagon!

How does your mp hold up like that? Seems like you're spamming a lot of spells.