Blue Mage: Best thread ever

[Belgaer]

Yeah, assuming you don't have an Enkidu Harness (even if you do, this can get DEX+5 over it), I'm wondering if going for acc and att or acc and crit+ would be better for Vorpal Blade overall. This could make a crit build a more practical choice, with DEX+5 and Crit+3% in the same gear slot (of course you'd lose Att+18 or Att+10 depending on how you look at it..).

Thoughts?

I'm sort of leaning on Att+ since it would be nice for Savage Blade and Expiacion, but I really would rather improve my Vorpal Blade build.

[Sabishii]

ACC+10 & Fast Cast would make it a nice Big 3 macro piece or hell, just a nice macro piece for all physical spells.

Uh, no it wouldn't because you'd gimp your damage without that +15 blue magic skill that affects base damage.

[fantasticdan]

But with that 5% fast cast you could get those .025s off of those .5s cast spells, how awesome would that be?!?!

Spoiler: show

/sarcasm

[Ultimagi]

Build TP in Mirage Jubbah, cast in Magus Jubbah.

The only use you're going to get out of this might be a weapon skill body. But sword weapon skills suck anyway, I usually just skillchain with someone else and put the TP into my spell for extra damage. But the concept of a Fast Cast and Enmity body does have potential for Blue Mage tanking, like Nicholette said.

[Belgaer]

I wonder if BLU will see any changes from this update. =O
It says:

Other jobs set to receive fine-tuning will be introduced in the very near future, so keep watching this space!

That's plural! Which probably means RDM (melee boost) and SAM (nerf)... Or maybe SE is being stupid. But I can hope, can't I? >.>

[Dimmauk]

I wonder if BLU will see any changes from this update. =O
It says:

That's plural! Which probably means RDM (melee boost) and SAM (nerf)... Or maybe SE is being stupid. But I can hope, can't I? >.>

SE wont nerf SAM. I hope they give BLU something new. I'm not sure what SE will do with RDM though.

[Meian]

Been a while since a new spell(s) or spell combinations to give something. Still need to fix those magic-based ones damage/resistance/mp-wise.

A personal thing of mine is that I'd like to see transparent blue versions of the mob appearing in front/around you doing the spell then disappearing. Always imagined it'd be like that but oh well... some moves look too weird to have no body attached to it (Foot Kick/Uppercut just to name a few)

[Belgaer]

Yeah, that would be neat. It'd probably be kinda laggy though.

[Xno Kappa]

About to finish ACP and I'm torn between ACC+10 and Dual Wield+3, or ACC+10 and ATT+10. Don't have AF2, 0/7 on god damn lots, Enkidu's Harness or Morrigan's. This is pretty much the only body that'll benefit any of my jobs. Usually go /NIN when I'm on BLU and for the rare occasion I'm /THF I usually just wear AF+1. Just wanna hear everyone's opinion on such a situation.

EDIT: Capped on Sword Skill if that makes a difference.

[Yugl]

About to finish ACP and I'm torn between ACC+10 and Dual Wield+3, or ACC+10 and ATT+10. Don't have AF2, 0/7 on god damn lots, Enkidu's Harness or Morrigan's. This is pretty much the only body that'll benefit any of my jobs. Usually go /NIN when I'm on BLU and for the rare occasion I'm /THF I usually just wear AF+1. Just wanna hear everyone's opinion on such a situation.

EDIT: Capped on Sword Skill if that makes a difference.

You'll eventually get AF body so the +10 ATT and +10 ACC will benefit you more as a Vorpal Blade piece and a temporary TP build piece.

[Dimmauk]

About to finish ACP and I'm torn between ACC+10 and Dual Wield+3, or ACC+10 and ATT+10. Don't have AF2, 0/7 on god damn lots, Enkidu's Harness or Morrigan's. This is pretty much the only body that'll benefit any of my jobs. Usually go /NIN when I'm on BLU and for the rare occasion I'm /THF I usually just wear AF+1. Just wanna hear everyone's opinion on such a situation.

EDIT: Capped on Sword Skill if that makes a difference.

Yeah I guess go with that until you get AF2 body, then toss and redo the body for a different job. If you /NIN more then duel wield trait on body

[Valisk]

I agree. Do +10 ACC and Dual Wield +3 until AF2

[Panthera]

Yeah I guess go with that until you get AF2 body, then toss and redo the body for a different job. If you /NIN more then duel wield trait on body

Wouldn't there be such a thing as using Store TP +4 as well? particularly with setting Store TP as a job trait + Rajas etc.

[Dimmauk]

Wouldn't there be such a thing as using Store TP +4 as well? particularly with setting Store TP as a job trait + Rajas etc.

The store TP job trait isnt very good, plus the waste of spells. IMO. I'd rather attack faster for higher DOT.

[el_tio]

OK so I just got wlegs and I've had an Iriz Ima pop sitting around for ages. So I think I'm going to try to solo it on blu. I know Iriz is already slow as fuck, but I like having the extra speed.

Anyways, any good strategies? I'm thining focus on dissev poison and cold wave. Any other tips?

[Octavious]

OK so I just got wlegs and I've had an Iriz Ima pop sitting around for ages. So I think I'm going to try to solo it on blu. I know Iriz is already slow as fuck, but I like having the extra speed.

Anyways, any good strategies? I'm thining focus on dissev poison and cold wave. Any other tips?

If you wanted to make a go as BLU/SAM (Zephyr Mantle blahblah so you don't get hit) you could try to meditate/CA+Cannonball to actually put some TP behind it while you're kiting if you want. You could do this /NIN too but I've only done Iriz Ima on RDM/NIN so I haven't tried BLU. I know on RDM it's a joke since it runs like a slug even without Gravity. I think you could concentrate on Disseverment & Cold Wave and do ok, but it has a lot of HP so I would try to hti it with an array of spells else it'll take some time. @.@

[dejet]

OK so I just got wlegs and I've had an Iriz Ima pop sitting around for ages. So I think I'm going to try to solo it on blu. I know Iriz is already slow as fuck, but I like having the extra speed.

Anyways, any good strategies? I'm thining focus on dissev poison and cold wave. Any other tips?

w legs is so overkill lol. i soloed it as my blm 1st to easy. then for the hell of it did it again on my rdm(went faster lol as i could nuke whenever i wished to and not run away when i screwed up the timing)

anyone can solo any marid mob lol for the hell of it when i was coming back from a pt (58 bard) i pulled a grand maird. took it down to 95% with dia on the way back to the town.

[Nicholette]

ACC+10 & Fast Cast would make it a nice Big 3 macro piece or hell, just a nice macro piece for all physical spells.

Please nobody listen to this sort of thought. You would lower your spell accuracy, change your damage tier and be fast casting spells with an already crazy fast cast time.

hmm I kinda hope that haste gets added to final list of options. Blue could really use a good haste body.

Blu gets Nashira 3% haste body. It's uses are limited because of using refresh pieces or AF1 but there is still times to use it.

You'll eventually get AF body so the +10 ATT and +10 ACC will benefit you more as a Vorpal Blade piece and a temporary TP build piece.

Probably the best bet as a temp piece. I don't know the math on DW +3 but I bet that changes as your haste increases.

[Kaslo]

Please nobody listen to this sort of thought. You would lower your spell accuracy, change your damage tier and be fast casting spells with an already crazy fast cast time.

Blue Magic Skill doesn't effect Physical Spell Accuracy.

[Nicholette]

Blue Magic Skill doesn't effect Physical Spell Accuracy.

i know weapon accuracy is what affects phys spell accuracy, i misspoke. it would still affect the damage tier.