Blue Mage: Best thread ever

[Rena]

Magic Barrier absorbs an amount of damage equal to blue magic skill. Still unsure on exact calculation for Metallic Body.

Fantod gives 2 MAB per cast, and roughly 2~3% attack per cast, pattern for attack seems a bit odd. Wears soon as you attack/cast a spell. Duration is 3 minutes, based on the first cast, works a lot like boost if I'm not misremembering how that works.

[Kyte]

Is there any indication that Fantod might affect Blue Magic Attack?

[Rena]

Attack boost seems to cap out at 11 casts. Didn't try to see if it works on blue magic attack yet.

[Kyte]

I suppose it also might be useful to check if it affects breath spells.

[sscearcev]

Magic Barrier absorbs an amount of damage equal to blue magic skill. Still unsure on exact calculation for Metallic Body.

is that skill when you cast or skill when you're hit? I'd assume when you cast but better check. hopefully SE remembered to use the accession rules for diffusing that(uses caster's skill not castee's)

~33 mab for a full fantod stack? not bad, still a pain in the ass to setup, and the base for our nukes isn't there yet either... but its another way to try and pump more damage out of magical type spells. wait... fantod does stack with memento mori/amplification/triumphant roar/plenilune right?

[Rena]

Skill when cast.

Fantod and Triumphant Roar stack, as does Amplification, you can keep all three up at once. You can keep Memento Mori up as well, but for some reason the MAB from Fantod isn't counted when you have that up (Amplification works as expected though). No effect on breaths, as expected.

Also confirming another increase of 1 to fSTR, and that alpha remains at 0.85, for those interested.

QC is piercing damage, partially explains the high numbers on bats. Even then, still quite powerful. Benthic Typhoon is piercing as well. Unsure on Vanity Dive/Whirl of Rage (right now I'm suspecting slashing for both, but only did very limited testing so far, don't take it as being even remotely definite), and Goblin Rush is definitely some form of blunt.

And apparently Benthic Typhoon is AoE, though description doesn't mention it... similar to Sub-zero Smash.

[Zadimortis]

Out of sheer curiosity for future spells/updates, does anyone know what the Iron Giant TP moves are? If they use Mighty Guard that's most likely a sign that we're getting it in a future update. But just curious.

[Rena]

Gobli reported an increase from 2.0 to 2.75 for Sanguine Blade's fTP, confirming this with a quick test myself~ Probably going to mean roughly a 30% increase in damage, more or less.

[Psion]

So SE took away pups super magic mortars and gave em to blu with efflux? /sulk

Gimmie my 3k+ MM back, SE! Q.Q

[Scritch]

Old Magic Mortar would be broke as hell with Tactical Switch and DEA summoning puppets at 25% HP every minute.

[Atoreis]

In Abyssea

IT Colibri 2700 dmg
DC lizard 3633 dmg
Puktrap NM 2340 dmg
Lizard NM 1890 dmg

all this with crab sushi (Colibri ate me eveything else)

[Yugl]

Goblin Rush or Final Sting?

Edit: With new JA or just plain WS > CA?

[Tekni]

Atori has been raving about Quadratic quintuim (sp)

[Atoreis]

Ok lol broke 4k on bats in abyssea :D

[kenshyn]

In Abyssea

IT Colibri 2700 dmg
DC lizard 3633 dmg
Puktrap NM 2340 dmg
Lizard NM 1890 dmg

all this with crab sushi (Colibri ate me eveything else)

Ok so how long til this is adjusted you know it can't last with all the ppl that will be crying blus broken ><;;

[Atoreis]

How is that broken? RNG can do this every time he has 100TP.
All weapons got dmg up, all dmg go up on melee. BLU can do that only once per 3 min.
We just got better multihit that actually has dmg affected by TP not acc like disseverment.

[kenshyn]

Have you played long? 4k damage lol from a hybrid will have BLM's crying to SE as fast as they did during the glory days of the 2-hander update when ever damage suddenly spikes into retarded numbers for a class SE has a way of coming up and kicking it in the teeth ass whatever been playing since 2003 I don't expect anything different they gave MM crazy damage and how long before they nerfed it to not even be usable?


Maybe this is a new SE one that doesn't give great toys and then go oh fuck we messed up this shit needs adjusting nah the new crest hunt showed SE is still just SE. I am gonna love it until the nerf bat comes but I now don't expect the shoe to drop I expect the whole damn body....

[Sho]

Have you played long? 4k damage lol from a hybrid will have BLM's crying to SE as fast as they did during the glory days of the 2-hander update when ever damage suddenly spikes into retarded numbers for a class SE has a way of coming up and kicking it in the teeth ass whatever been playing since 2003 I don't expect anything different they gave MM crazy damage and how long before they nerfed it to not even be usable?


Maybe this is a new SE one that doesn't give great toys and then go oh fuck we messed up this shit needs adjusting nah the new crest hunt showed SE is still just SE. I am gonna love it until the nerf bat comes but I now don't expect the shoe to drop I expect the whole damn body....

Except none of that will happen if you hush up. >_>

[Nicholette]

I hit a 1100 Sanguin Blade on Flan in Einherjar and was getting 870 pretty consistently on Mandies in Abyssea.

[Atoreis]

Seriously I think you havent played much not me. RNG sidewinder on this bat will broke 4K easily. Damn even barrage would. On serious enemys QD do like 2k, Im ferily sure Cannonball SA will do much more. You can do it every 3min. I dont know with what BLM you played with but with abyssea Atmas and + stats (I have +110int +122mnd in abyssea on my lol regurgitation build) BLM can drink MAB drink that cost next to nothing and nuke for 2-3k every nuke. With 2 atmas you can have +90 MAB for blizzard +25(?) mab from drink + new staff gives +5 now so +30% dmg. Thats beats QD dmg at every single Freeze II. My freind did 2297 Jin on pachypodium with one atma now he will have one more. I belive Drakesbane and penta will match QD dmg on IT colibris w/o a problem and with marches and haste they can do it Every -teen sec. Damn even my frenetic rip with efflux will do 2k in abyssea. Belive me this spike dmg on QD may seems to be high but overtime in pure dmg we not even close to melee.