Blue Mage: Best thread ever

[Aurara]

Ok so, can somebody explain what they did to QC and if they nerfed other blu spells? I've been on a break and havent paid much attention to blu stuff outside of new spells. But idk what they nerfed/didnt nerf D:

[Prothescar]

Ok so, can somebody explain what they did to QC and if they nerfed other blu spells? I've been on a break and havent paid much attention to blu stuff outside of new spells. But idk what they nerfed/didnt nerf D:

They did nothing.

[transmit]

I think what that statement meant was before QC was released, on their own test server, it was more powerful. And they nerfed it for its initial release. So we never really seen the other version, our ones always been the same.

[Prothescar]

I think what that statement meant was before QC was released, on their own test server, it was more powerful. And they nerfed it for its initial release. So we never really seen the other version, our ones always been the same.

this

[Vriska]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...716#post212716

So, Absolute Terror, huh? Also how are Pixie abilities overpowered once every 5 minutes? Maybe if you combined all four into one...

[Not Kuno]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxi/th...716#post212716

So, Absolute Terror, huh? Also how are Pixie abilities overpowered once every 5 minutes? Maybe if you combined all four into one...

This was already posted in the dev thread, but it is still pretty gay (8luh 8luh huge bitch)

[Vriska]

This was already posted in the dev thread, but it is still pretty gay (8luh 8luh huge bitch)

Glub glub )(uge fish 38D~

[dasva]

Wonder how gimped down they will be...

[Foldypaws]

Wonder how gimped down they will be...

Gates of Hades will probably be averageish damage, but keep the strong burn.

Absolute Terror will probably terrorize for 10s or so.

Pyric Bulwark will either last 15 seconds with a 15 second cast time or some bullshit like that, or end up being a physical stoneskin or -DT%, rather than physical immunity.

[Daruma]

hmmm....seems like they want us to be the stun gods or something more than dealing hardcore dmg with these new abillities. Granted they are in their "infancy" but still....

SPIKE FLAIL (yes please!)

[Prothescar]

I expect nothing, however Pyric Bulwark is mildly intriguing. Spike Flail could have potentially been quite good.

[Sekundes]

If the absolute terror can actually terror most nms even for a fraction of a second, it still provides utility in the form of an interrupt but on a 5 minute timer it does not provide anything consistently useful.

Not getting my hopes up for anything right now.

[Helel]

I wish BLU was a stun god, but unfortunately, on anything that matters, sudden lunge is either resisted completely or after one cast. Terror is on a 5m timer obviously so that's no good. Temporal shift is really our only reliable source of stun, but the recast sucks.

I'll agree that on normal/xp mobs BLU is definitely a stun god, but it's not like that matters.

With that said, absolute terror could be good for moves like citadel buster, where you can terrorize the mob a few seconds before its use. Citadel buster is just an example, but on any fast cast type tp move or spell, it could be decent: instant cast meteors etc (or even just meteor itself if it lands ). Again, with that said though, I can't think of any T3 VW NM where terror would be very helpful, unless it's ungimped and can actually last for over 50 seconds...

[Draylo]

Yeah I was really hoping for Spike flail... I hope they give more than one spell per HNM, aqua breath was always a iconic spell too. I'm betting on pyric bulwark to be a sentinel effect similiar to how magic barrier is like rampart with the magic shield.

[Ophannus]

I thought Spike Flail wasn't anything special and the only reason it did massive damage was because it was coming from mobs that are 20 levels higher than us.

[Draylo]

It still deals massive damage even being higher level, it was mostly wanted because of its history in FFXI.

[Vriska]

Maybe they'll give us both. It's not like we only get one spell from a family anymore.

[dasva]

With that said, absolute terror could be good for moves like citadel buster, where you can terrorize the mob a few seconds before its use. Citadel buster is just an example, but on any fast cast type tp move or spell, it could be decent: instant cast meteors etc (or even just meteor itself if it lands ). Again, with that said though, I can't think of any T3 VW NM where terror would be very helpful, unless it's ungimped and can actually last for over 50 seconds...

It would most likely just resume it's countdown the same as if you stunned it. However if you time it right you can stun the actual move anyways so meh. As far as fast moves/tp why the hell would this be better than stun? Even less likely to stop the move...

[dasva]

I'm betting on pyric bulwark to be a sentinel effect similiar to how magic barrier is like rampart with the magic shield.

Yeah that's kinda what I was thinking about gimping them. Not necessarily lower the potency of whatever the spells were so much as changing there nature decently going from omg uber to meh

[Ophannus]

Why bother when I'm sure NMs will be immune to it.