Elemental Skill v. MAB

[Halcyon]

Let the flaming begin!!

No, but seriously, when is it better to use Ele Skill over MAB?
Or is it all MAB, all the time?
I know a lot of BLMs that are ridiculously rabid about their MAB set ups and think it's the end-all, be-all of BLM but if that was trew (yes, I said trew) why would BLMs get Ele skill armour & Merit options?

Discuss.

[Not Kuno]

Depends on the mob and if therenody is on.

[Halcyon]

Depends on the mob and if therenody is on.

Assume it's an HNM situation and BRDs are about as plentiful as 40 year old virgins.

[Shuemue]

Wyrms, Khimaira, Cerberus, Kirin, all out elemental magic setup.

Kings, mainly MAB but obviously using common sense to ensure you're not getting resisted.

It's pretty situational, day, weather, blah blah.

[Not Kuno]

Want me to make a list of every hnm? It really depends. If you have max merits and all the blm gear then you have alot of flexability.

Aspid/KB are easy and you can just nuke in full dmg. For stuff like faf I wear some ele gear (af2 hat/merc cape/sometimes druids slops), nid is a little higher so I might use af1 also. For those 2 sometimes you have an easy one that wont resist and some are higher and resist alot. I never understood these two. The cop wyrms fall in that area too, mostly af2 hat/cape and sometimes gloves. If resists get bad theres always earring/nashira feet that pretty much mean you wont get resist on alot of stuff, lol. Stuff like Bahamut v2 requires full ele if it doesnt have theren or anything special.

I like to err on the side of caution. I like extra MAB but if you get resisted the most important thing is landing nukes w/o resists. Once you have a low resist rate just add on the extra dmg, having full dmg gear and getting resisted all the time is completely retarded. But there is no real right answer I always fucking screw around with gear at the start of the fight.

[Shuemue]

Treat it pretty much like melee gear. Ele magic skill = acc gear, int = str, m.att bonus = att gear.

It's not identical, but if you work on the theory of having enough acc that you're near the cap, then you start adding on +dmg gear.

[Halcyon]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. TY Guys!

[BRP]

Shit is situational.