What to Sub for Blue Mage

[Runningriot]

I'm going to be a Blue Mage when i hit 30 (only 4 more lvls ) but anyway i want to know what would be the best sub for it. I really don't want to use ninja and im looking to use my magic more than my weapon but i guess they have equal each other out...but anyway any thing would help. thanks!

[Spazz]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

Please refer to "Spazz's Blue Mage Guide" located here: http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/blu...age-guide.html

[Runningriot]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

yea i read it and all, but i wanted one from more of a players point....not a guide

[Taskmage]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

/shrug Spazz is a player.

The guide pretty much sums it up. In general, /war is good for the lower levels thanks to balanced melee stat increases and useful JAs available early on. /thf overshadows /war after 30 as Sneak Attack stacks with blue magic for impressive damage numbers. /whm and /rdm are generally useful for increased mp and utility spells; in a party their use is situational and largely a matter of taste. You can be a good blue mage using any one of them, but you'll be a better blue mage if you can use all of them and figure out when to use which.

[Xaoko]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

yea i read it and all, but i wanted one from more of a players point....not a guide

But the guide IS written from a player's point of view ^^

Anyway, as with any job that utlizies multiple subs, such as RDM and SAM, the sub is 100% situational. Some subs are more generally useful, while others might not be good at one thing, but excel in specific situations, such as BCNM's. This is why it's a good idea to have atleast a few leveled, and not restrict yourself to a single sub.

In otherwords, here is no "best" sub.

This is also why you should read the guide's section on subjobs. It goes a bit over each sub, and suggestions as to when you might want to use the sub if it's not too good for EXPing.

[Murphie]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

Keep in mind that as a newer player you won't have access to certain areas of the game, which will limit your ability to access certain mobs, and hence learn their abilities. That's a choice you just have to make as a BLU.

[Runningriot]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

does fast cast apply to blue magic?(gving them fast cast traits) cause im thinking either blm or rdm...and if i we're to sub rdm, would fast cast really even matter?

[Murphie]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

RDM will have access to Fast Cast traits, but it's not necessarily enough of a reason to sub Red Mage.

[Runningriot]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

well what would you pick between blm and rdm, also give your reason

[Spazz]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

I would go /RDM at first because of the support spells... /BLM really doesnt help too much at lower lvls. And BLU Magic cast fast as is... you wont notice Fast Cast from the /RDM until you get to much higher lvls and your looking at spells that take a few seconds to cast. Most BLU Spells cast within a 1 to 1.5 seconds.

[Murphie]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

well what would you pick between blm and rdm, also give your reason

If those were my only two options, I'd choose RDM. But if I was choosing from all the jobs I'd choose neither. Spazz kind of explained above.

[Hyrist]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

But the guide IS written from a player's point of view ^^

Which is why I personally dont agree with it.

For the Access to Clear Mind and Conserve MP without needing to use my own Blu set points, I'd go /blm

There is no need to overblow Sword skill as we already have an A rating with plenty of gear. The use of Elemental Seal, does infact work with our Magical Blue Magic and could assist any Burst Affinities we use (or help land one of our many sleep spells)

Our Spellcasting time is already quite fast, meaning there woulden't be much improvment over a .5 second casting time, and it would not shorten the spell animation any.

Ontop of that, Larger MP pool, acess to Warp, escape (thought I doubt you'll have mp for it.) All these become added utilities that can become an assistance over RDM.

Any real novel abilities from /rdm you would get start at Enspells, Swordbelt for a subjobs (+5 swordskill is nice, but really not needed, especiall if you already have other melee gear.) And a few cures for support (Weak ones typically, as rdm progresses in cure spells slower than WHM.) Dispel and Phalanx don't come untill way later levels, which genarally leaves the only bonuses availble up to 60 being fast cast and the gear you can equip, both of which are actually minor aids.

If you can, /thf /war /whm or /nin are the most popular, all for their own reasons. (Even though Spazz disagrees, I still beleive /nin is a viable subjob at almost any level, and many inteligent players agree as well.) Leveling /thf alone will be most benificial as it will assist in farming for gil. Flee at 25 is useful in catching mining points quicker, and just traveling along. While Treasure Hunter at 15 is nice for collecting sellable items for a direct profit.

All of this is of course opinion and you are welcome to play the way you wish. The fun part about Blue Mage is that it is far more versitile than any job created before this, including RDM.

[Murphie]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

Not that I necessarily disagree with your post, but who else could possibly write a guide? I'd trust a player written guide over one written by a non-player.

[Khidir]

Re: What to Sub for Blue Mage

Fast cast doesnt affect blu spells nor do they need to, most of them are pretty fast.

If you want a personal opinion(i think thats what he meant) I would say sub bst to help learn spells better ie charm one mob then make it assault another and let it tank and learn spells that way

but seeing as your a lowbie and have no advanced jobs yet stick with a simple whm sub to provide more to your pt

Edit forgot to add that in addition to having no advanced jobs your bst must be somewhat higher than the mobs or at the lv of the mobs you charm

Ex: my bst is 26 i sub it on my 13blu and i charm a t dhamel more successfully than if my bst sub was at 1 because its a trick that hasn't been patched yet (somewhat)