BLM and the upcoming update

[Not Kuno]

The problem with Choke is that I can never really see any noticable difference in damage. :/ Plus it's so easy landing frost/shock since everything in the game is weak to ice/thunder anyway.

[nivlakian]

The problem with Choke is that I can never really see any noticable difference in damage. :/ Plus it's so easy landing frost/shock since everything in the game is weak to ice/thunder anyway.

You may not notice, but your melee probably do especially on WS. Do you notice a lot of difference with Frost always?

As I said, there's no wrong way imo because either way does help someone.

[Not Kuno]

I guess you're right. And although I never noticed which is better out of dmg/acc, I asked the melee in my set pt which they noticed a bigger diff on and they said frost so I just went with that. ;x

[nivlakian]

I guess you're right. And although I never noticed which is better out of dmg/acc, I asked the melee in my set pt which they noticed a bigger diff on and they said frost so I just went with that. ;x

I don't know when you leveled BLM but perhaps it was in pre-sushi days? (it was for me) Acc was a big issue and I mostly used frost too and melees asked for Frost. But now? Perhaps Choke is a better alternative, but it depends.

[Not Kuno]

Oh yeah, that has to be it then. I hit 75 over a year ago and everyone was always complaining about acc and stuff. I don't do any of the elemental debuffs anymore cause I really dont do standard pts for merit.

[Okan]

Oh yeah, that has to be it then. I hit 75 over a year ago and everyone was always complaining about acc and stuff. I don't do any of the elemental debuffs anymore cause I really dont do standard pts for merit.

Well, I like to do Frost mainly to make it easier on my PTs and get the SCs faster..

[thestalkmore]

Ohh im sorry the blms you know wear this special geat that gives them 0 int, 0 elemental skill, 0 Matkb nothing what so ever except mp....

Your af comes wth mp almost all armor you got gives you some kind of mp and having 125 mp from your rings instead of 10 int snow rings will not bring your dmg from 1600k to 50dmg....

I never talked about a blm with mp blah blah a taru can have 1k easy, hell a rdm/nin can have 1kmp a blm/smn can get 1kmp and have int/elemental skill/Matkb items/armor


I don't think blm is god i think blm is a normal job and the rest are more or less crap.....

Sorry for quoting a post 3 pages back but you sir, are retarted.

Edit:

Burn Shock...Choke if I'm feeling nice, then I go chain nuke, unless a SC is coming up....at which point I say "FUCK YO MB NIGGA" ("fuck yo couch" parody, not a racist line...), and I keep chain nuking.

Oh god.....

[Varnx]

I don't really think they should nerf BLM. I think the supreme power of a BLM was just because SE overlooked them. Im sure when they designed Divine Might, they didn't think that someone would take 17 BLMs and one shot it.

Even if they do nerf it, I doubt it will be that bad. I have seen little results from the Utsusemi "nerf" for ninjas, and although Rangers are no longer busting god like amounts of damage with one WS, they still can produce high damage if the player plays correctly. I doubt SE is just going to say "HAH, YOU CAN ONLY USE TIER II NUKES!!! LAWL GG n00b!"

All in all, if they do nerf BLM, I would find it funny.....if I wasn't in the process of leveling BLM myself.

[Okan]

I don't really think they should nerf BLM. I think the supreme power of a BLM was just because SE overlooked them. Im sure when they designed Divine Might, they didn't think that someone would take 17 BLMs and one shot it.

Even if they do nerf it, I doubt it will be that bad. I have seen little results from the Utsusemi "nerf" for ninjas, and although Ninjas are no longer busting god like amounts of damage with one WS, they still can produce high damage if the player plays correctly. I doubt SE is just going to say "HAH, YOU CAN ONLY USE TIER II NUKES!!! LAWL GG n00b!"

All in all, if they do nerf BLM, I would find it funny.....if I wasn't in the process of leveling BLM myself.

A NIN on my server whom I do weapon PTs with can outdamage some WARs with Blade Jin... 1200-1300s..

[Varnx]

Edit: Typo, I ment to say "Rangers are no longer busting godly amounts of damage with one WS"

[Okan]

Edit: Typo, I ment to say "Rangers are no longer busting godly amounts of damage with one WS"

True, but it also depends... RNGs used to do really bad after nerf and I think SE stealth buffed them to an acceptable point.

[NynJa]

Burn Shock...Choke if I'm feeling nice, then I go chain nuke, unless a SC is coming up....at which point I say "FUCK YO MB NIGGA" ("fuck yo couch" parody, not a racist line...), and I keep chain nuking.

Oh god.....

sarcasm >.>

[Enkidu]

I'm good for 2 -ga3's, or 4 tier4's before my MP is spent.
When this happens, I am DEFENSELESS, HELPLESS, AT THE MOBS MERCY.

Not to mention, when a blm goes all out, they die. No questions asked, no if's, no buts.

How much damage does an -aga3 or IV do on a magicburst? How much without a burst and approx what is the resist rate on Gods/HNM? How long does it take (with food) to regain MP? (not sarcasm, serious questions from a non-mage)

Of course how much damage you do is dependant on what you're fighting, but the vast majority of monsters in the game exp->HNM are flat out destroyed by Black mages. A typical strategy even before the Ranger nerf was to round up as many Rangers, Summoners and Blackmages as possible for damage, then cycle in others for their 15 seconds of glory. Now the real focus on most fights seems to be Blackmages and Summoners.

Also a Black mage going beyond the hate line so much that they end up dying is just a stupid Black mage. As I previously stated you have plenty of defensive tricks and assuming your tanks don't suck they should always be able to reclaim hate before you die. Also, unless I'm mistaken, BLM's have quite a variety of -enmity gear. If you're pulling all that hate with that -enmity gear how can you complain so much about being resisted? Obviously if you're getting resisted that much you'd never pull hate.

[Lordwafik]

You cant wear :

Enfeebling gear
Elemental Magic Gear
Magic Attack Bonus gear
-spell interruption rate gear
-enmity gear


all at once

[NynJa]

You cant wear :

Enfeebling gear
Elemental Magic Gear
Magic Attack Bonus gear
-spell interruption rate gear
-enmity gear


all at once

Cant -ga at Fafnir btw. Even though you might not see Darters, the game still does.


and you mentionned defensive tricks...
Let me tell you what happens when a blm gets defensive:
BLM MB Fafnir for 1657 dmg.
Fafnir: FKU FGT
Fafnir hits BLM for 150 points of damage. (stoneskin)
Fafnir hits BLM for 390 points of damage.
*hume BLM is now at around 350 hp, taru blm is dead*
PLD Vokes
Fafnir hits PLD for 180 points of damage.
BLM casts cure, recovers 180 hp.
Fafnir: I REMEMBER U FGT
Fafnir hits BLM for 380 points of damage.


And if it wings durring / shortly after MB, forget about it. That blm is toast.



cures: generate hate.
resting: generates hate, though minimal.

[Khazz]

Fafnir: I REMEMBER U FGT

LOL[/quote]

[Kiro]

BLM casts cure, recovers 180 hp.
Fafnir: I REMEMBER U FGT
Fafnir hits BLM for 380 points of damage.

Looooooooooooooooooooooooool.

[Kurokikaze]

BLM casts cure, recovers 180 hp.
Fafnir: I REMEMBER U FGT
Fafnir hits BLM for 380 points of damage.

I lol'ed at that.

[Razz]

I lol'd too.

I also lol'd at the BLM who cured the tank after getting hate pulled off him.

[Sidd]

BLM casts cure, recovers 180 hp.
Fafnir: I REMEMBER U FGT
Fafnir hits BLM for 380 points of damage.

yea, pretty funny.