Blue Mage: Best thread ever

[Miroku_Asura]

Works w/ Diffusion

Noice- I wasn't expecting it to. Going to bed slightly less mad at SE lol...

[Rocl]

Thunderbolt did 798 dmg to a Wasp outside Jeuno (regular TP gear, didn't put on MAB or staff etc) Might test it w/ Convergence in a few

From what I can tell with the Store TP testing (its annoying w/o plugins), if it is a bonus its a bonus of 5 STP.

(Where's an Icarus Wing when you need one?)

Donation of an Icarus Wing! It does in fact, provide an additional 5 STP when all four spells are set.

I only put two merits in Convergence b/c I was lazy but Thunderbolt gave me an 877 dmg that time, so looks like probable for Convergence bonus (plus it ate the buff)

[Rocl]

Thunderbolt damage testing

goddamnit i've been sub RDM this entire time gaaaaaaaaaaaughjhsadkjdhs

OK HERE WE GO, LEVEL ONE SJ (i love the fact it tells you that you've gained xp when deleveling yourself)
BLU95/BST1

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STR 70
DEX 79
VIT 70
AGI 70
INT 70
MND 70
CHR 71

Blue Magic Skill: 16...

Yeah, I have DEX merits. No, I don't know why either.

Target: Wild Rabbit, West Ronfaure
Damage dealt: 632

Apparently... I reset my skill levels... I don't... even... what...

the post below me has more pertinent data and really i'm kind of flabbergasted and have stuff to do now so :s

[Prothescar]

Heavy Strike: Damage varies with TP.
92BLU
STR+2
32MP
Type: Physical
Element: N/A
2 Set Points

Casting Time: 1 second
Recast Time: 30 seconds

Notes:
10 casts, naked except for Almace, buffless, and on Wild Rabbits: 1152, 1043, 1144, 1185, 1174, 1178, 1098, 1041, 1156, 1164

10 casts, STR gear, and buffless: 1324, 1488, 1510, 1484, 1511, 1513, 1342, 1500, 1515, 1448





Sudden Lunge: Damage varies with TP. Additional effect: "Stun."
95BLU
HP-5 MP-5 DEX +1 AGI +1
18MP
Type: Physical
Element: N/A
4 Set Points

Casting Time: 1 second
Recast Time: 12 seconds

Notes:
10 casts, naked except for Almace, buffless, and on Wild Rabbits: 378, 411, 276, 334, 303, 392, 400, 291, 393, 337

10 casts, STR gear, and buffless: 368, 419, 379, 366, 287, 324, 384, 424, 394, 331

Does not reduce caster's HP. The stun lasted for several seconds.





White Wind: Restores HP of all party members within the area of effect.
94BLU
HP+5 AGI +1
145MP
Type: Magical
Element: Wind
5 Set Points

Casting Time: 7 seconds
Recast Time: 20 seconds

Notes: Restored 706 HP with cruor buffs and no gear (2473 HP). Restored 844 HP with HP gear equipped (2692 HP). Restored 758 with Serpentes set. HP recovered is effected by cure potency and maximum HP, it is not effected by MND. Unknown if number of party members has any impact at this time.





Barrier Tusk: Reduces the amount of damage you take.
91BLU
HP+15 MP-15 VIT +3
41MP
Type: Magical
Element: Earth
3 Set Points

Casting Time: 6 seconds
Duration: 60 seconds
Recast Time: 60 seconds

Notes: There appears to be some type of extra effect attached to Barrier Tusk. With 427 blue magic skill, it cut 1000 needles' damage down to 850.





Water Bomb: Deals water damage to enemies within area of effect. Additional effect: Silence.
92BLU
MP +20 INT+4 MND+2 STR-3 VIT-3
67MP
Type: Magical
Element: Water
2 Set Points

Casting Time: 3 seconds
Recast Time: 32 seconds

Notes:
Naked, buffless, and on a Wild Rabbit: 348

INT gear (no MAB added, INT 78+28 MND74+20), buffless, and on a Wild Rabbits: 394

Full nuke set (MAB+36 INT78+56 MND74+41), buffless, and on a Wild Rabbit: 612

The silence effect lasted for 60 seconds.




Mortal Ray: Inflicts Doom upon an enemy.
91BLU
STR +2 MND +2
267MP
Type: Magical
Element: Darkness
4 Set Points

Casting Time: 8 seconds
Recast Time: 2 minutes 30 seconds

Notes: Gaze attack with incredibly low accuracy, probably based on the level of your target vs. your level. The doom effect appears to take 60 seconds to kill the target.





Dark Orb: Deals dark elemental damage to an enemy.
93BLU
AGI+2 MND+2
153MP
Type: Magical
Element: Darkness
3 Set Points

Casting Time: 9 seconds
Recast Time: 1 minute 12 seconds

Notes:
Naked, buffless, and on a Wild Rabbit: 710

INT gear (no MAB added, INT 78+28 MND74+20), buffless, and on a Wild Rabbits: 794

Full nuke set (MAB+36 INT78+56 MND74+41), buffless, and on a Wild Rabbit: 1217





Thunderbolt: Deals Lightning damage to enemies within the area of effect. Additional effect: "Stun."
138MP
Type: Magical
Element: Lightning

Casting Time:

Notes: Very low damage, but outstandingly long stun duration.





Harden Shell: Enhances defense.
20MP
Type: Magical
Element: Earth

Casting Time: 3 seconds
Duration: 90 seconds

Notes: +100% Defense

[Kegsay]

Well shit. Harden Shell + Barrier Tusk = profit

Barrier Tusk looks to be a phalanx type move, or perhaps a phalanx with a twist (e.g. % reduction). Needs more testing on that one for sure. 1000->850 is -15% damage taken, since I can't imagine them giving us 150 damage phalanx lol

[kenshyn]

I think I am about to burst just wow never thought they give us all that I am one mfing happy blu Harden Shell + Barrier Tusk just gave me wood lol

Can someone test harden shell + cocoon + sa+ca+efflux+ canonball lol

[Prothescar]

The phalanx is definitely very bizarre.

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http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/8859/phalanx.png

Worth noting that the reduction on 1000 needles wasn't effected by blue magic skill at all, and I saw no noticeable decrease in damage taken from melee hits.

[Sho]

Probably skill based.

Also they've managed to somehow arrange the spell list correctly on this test server.

[Prothescar]

That's the thing, there was no difference in damage reduction based on skill.

[Byrthnoth]

I'd bet it's a percentage reduction (like 15%) applied at the end. Your 2 damage spikes were reduced by 15% and floored to 1. Try subbing RDM, using both forms of Phalanx (see if they stack) and eating 1000 needles.

[Sho]

That's the thing, there was no difference in damage reduction based on skill.

Ahh weird. what Byrth said, try with /RDM!

[Prothescar]

Doing dark orb testing at the moment, will go do that ASAP. Dark Orb itself looks very promising.

[dasva]

Or stack with pdt gear to see if/how it works with that too. Would be pretty awesome if it allowed us to go passed the cap. Actually I wouldn't mind too much if it just added. Allow me to idle in less pdt/mdt while doing stuff while still capping

[dasva]

Hardened Shell is 100% Defense Bonus
Mortal Ray takes FOREVER to kill a mob


Acrid Stream + Demoralizing Roar + Empty Trash + Heavy Strike = Triple Attack

Approximate TA rate?

[Alistaire]

Request testing of physical damage type, go to apollyon SE...able to set your own limbus timer there? Not hard either way, just curious.

[Fwahm]

Perhaps Barrier Tusk saying that it gives Phalanx is a bug, and it just gives -15% damage taken?

[Sho]

Approximate TA rate?

I would assume it was base 5% like THF trait. SE won't go out of their way to screw people over like that. >.>

Also if it matters BLU/WAR can maintain Double Attack & have Triple Attack.

[VZX01]

Hmmm any words about physical damage reduction by barrier tusk?

[Prothescar]

still working on it

[VZX01]

I recommend to test it on RNG gigas (or any RNG mobs, really). Hopefully their pDIF is on "stable" state (hence, the same number everytime they hit you by ranged attack), so you can easily tell how much physical damage reduction was done.