Blue Mage: Best thread ever

[Yugl]

If you meant change between a TP set and a Idle set, use...

        <if status="idle">
            <equip when="idle|aftercast" set="$Idle" />
        </if>
        <elseif status="engaged">
            <equip when="engaged|aftercast" set="$TP" />
        </elseif>
		<elseif status="resting">
			<equip when="all" set="Resting" />
		</elseif>

Change $Idle/$TP/Resting sets if you're not using my XML. If you are, then it should already have that.

If you meant just changing between two different idle sets (Both work only when not engaged), then you do the stuff I mentioned earlier. Trigger spell would be...

<if spell="TriggerSpellhere">
    <if advanced='$VARIdle=1'>
        <var cmd="set VARIdle 2" />
    </if>
    <elseif advanced='$VARIdle=2'>
        <var cmd="set VARIdle 1" />
    </elseif>
    <if status="Idle">
        <equip set="Idle-$VARIdle" />
    </if>
</if>

Edit: If you're using my BLU XML, the code is a bit different, but I don't know if that's the case.

[chichicha]

Sorry if this is a troll...
I might miss this -
Which is better for Charged Whisker?
2 x MAB+ sword+2 vs Jupiter's Staff?

Thanks in advance!

[Scrooge]

Jupiter's

[chichicha]

Jupiter's

Thank you very much <3

[Radec]

Sorry if this is a troll...
I might miss this -
Which is better for Charged Whisker?
2 x MAB+ sword+2 vs Jupiter's Staff?

Thanks in advance!

Jupiter *almost* always, but if you have less than +33MAB 2x sword will be stronger, even before accounting for the INT bonus.

[VZX01]

Speaking of Spellcast, did you guys found that BLU XML is a bit laggy due to many spell checking.

[dasva]

Jupiter *almost* always, but if you have less than +33MAB 2x sword will be stronger, even before accounting for the INT bonus.

Yeah but even a naked blu one has acess to more mab then that. Also the dex from jupiters + a 3 dex strap will add more dmg than the 18 int on 2 swds.

[Miroku_Asura]

Yeah but even a naked blu one has acess to more mab then that. Also the dex from jupiters + a 3 dex strap will add more dmg than the 18 int on 2 swds.

Beat me to it lol- Besides, if there was some reason that the Blu wouldn't be either subbing Rdm, or setting MAB, or using a drink, or using gear, then it would more than likely be a situation where its more efficient to use regular spells.

[Esvedium]

3dex from pixie earring or 5mab from moldavite for CW with BA up? Other MAB is /rdm, drink or mori, hecate's earring...

Right now, my fairly pathetic CW set looks like:
jupiter|spear||snow sachet
deceit|artemis(love)|hecate's|????
loki's|mirage|rajas|jupiters'
nifty(twilight)|warwolf(elebelt)|mavi+2|aurore

[Daruma]

3dex from pixie earring or 5mab from moldavite for CW with BA up? Other MAB is /rdm, drink or mori, hecate's earring...

Right now, my fairly pathetic CW set looks like:
jupiter|spear||snow sachet
deceit|artemis(love)|hecate's|????
loki's|mirage|rajas|jupiters'
nifty(twilight)|warwolf(elebelt)|mavi+2|aurore

Hmmm...before we go into gear...what atma are you using ? If you have Lion, Blinding horn, and Ultimate...you can practically go in your scibbies and still pull some pretty rad numbers.

Gear wise I would change loki's for teal, thunder sachet, aias bonnet, AF3 gloves +1/2, Vigilance mantle +1, I have thiazi belt in there instead of warwolf...but even pipalika belt can work. My set isnt perfect either but I consistently pull 4.9-5kish on mobs. I dont have blinding horn yet and imagine that with that I should be housing stuff a lot harder. My atma setup : lion, ultimate, baying.

[Nightfyre]

Moldavite

[Esvedium]

Atmas I've been using are Lion, Blinding Horn and MM (should switch for Ultimate, I know...)

I know full well that I'm missing quite a bit of gear, as my BLU was recently aby-burned to 90. I'm working on getting it better geared, but in the meantime, I'm also working on a refresh pin and 6/6 dark rings for me and my wife's character, and working on getting some xp for a friend that has a new character. I don't need to be superawesomeoneshoteverything good to kill EP/DC mobs in Konschtat.

Also, why would you change Loki's to Teal if under BA? I have teal for non-BA, but honestly, I can't remember a time when I've CW'd without BA up.

Thanks for the answer, Nightfyre.

[kenshyn]

Make sure you cap your blue skill aby burns leave many way behind in skill and they wonder wtf is wrong with they blu and it's the skilllzzzz lol.

[Esvedium]

Make sure you cap your blue skill aby burns leave many way behind in skill and they wonder wtf is wrong with they blu and it's the skilllzzzz lol.

My BLU skill has been capped for a while. In fact, it was capped a few short days after it was burned to 90.

put on refresh gear
go to secluded corner of random zone that nobody ever goes to
autoexec register time_*.* pollen
afk for 2 days
capped skill

[Yugl]

Speaking of Spellcast, did you guys found that BLU XML is a bit laggy due to many spell checking.

I'm sure the lag is some more universal issue since it affects both BLU XML and MNK/RDM (Probably DRG, but I went straight to finishing MNK after completing that since I was in a rush to upgrade all the old XMLs). The spells should be the least worrisome part of the rules because it's a huge series of <elseif>, which means SC only checks until it hits upon a true statement (Compared to other spellcasts that use a series of <if> statements).

I'm working on figuring out the issue, but I couldn't replicate the lag last night (And I have difficulty playing on laptop). The lag mostly arises in Abyssea, but I need a relatively lag-free environment so I can definitely ensure that lag I get is from spellcast and not the game.

[Esvedium]

I'm sure the lag is some more universal issue since it affects both BLU XML and MNK/RDM (Probably DRG, but I went straight to finishing MNK after completing that since I was in a rush to upgrade all the old XMLs). The spells should be the least worrisome part of the rules because it's a huge series of <elseif>, which means SC only checks until it hits upon a true statement (Compared to other spellcasts that use a series of <if> statements).

It seems to be slightly laggy for me, but I haven't noticed a pattern. I also butchered it up a bit to fit my needs. My issues may not be the same issues everyone else has, and are likely self-inflicted.

[VZX01]

I'm sure the lag is some more universal issue since it affects both BLU XML and MNK/RDM (Probably DRG, but I went straight to finishing MNK after completing that since I was in a rush to upgrade all the old XMLs). The spells should be the least worrisome part of the rules because it's a huge series of <elseif>, which means SC only checks until it hits upon a true statement (Compared to other spellcasts that use a series of <if> statements).

I'm working on figuring out the issue, but I couldn't replicate the lag last night (And I have difficulty playing on laptop). The lag mostly arises in Abyssea, but I need a relatively lag-free environment so I can definitely ensure that lag I get is from spellcast and not the game.

Hmm... then cutting the amount of <elseif> (that I can change to simply <if>) would help relieving the CPU stress, no?

[Nightfyre]

Changing <elseif> rules to <if> rules increases the number of rules the xml will process, so no.

[Vegetatheprince]

Just starting a spellcast now. Some said earlier that they never get spell locked with spellcast. How? Do you have to do something special for this?

Edit: Also if anyone has a better starter template to use than Apollyon's Blue Mage XML, it would be greatly appreciated.

[dasva]

Just starting a spellcast now. Some said earlier that they never get spell locked with spellcast. How? Do you have to do something special for this?

It's not really something special with spellcast. If you blink at the right time you don't get locked when doing jas, spells and ws. Spellcast just makes it easy since it automatically will switch you back to an idle set and you can tweek the timing. People been blinking out locks forever. In fact iirc Kaekos solo guides had entire sections on them lol