Blue Mage: Best thread ever

[Vriska]

Your triple attack rate isn't though.

BLU has what, 8-11% TA outside of abyssea? (5 from trait 3 from ring and then I think there's 3% elsewhere but I can't remember.)

Even at 100% crit rate, those are at best 1% chances on those numbers.

Toci's Set bonus, also Windbuffet belt if you have high number syndrome.

[Yugl]

Well Toci's can be the 3% from elsewhere.

[Foldypaws]

Toci's, right. S'what I was thinking of. Though I don't actually know if it beats Athos's

[Vriska]

It probably doesn't. I remember it being said somewhere that 4/5 Athos was ideal.

On that note, how much crit rate does Potency even give? The one you get from Champions in VW, I mean.

[Prothescar]

Champion's has to give a minimum of 15% crit rate.

[Draylo]

^0^

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[dannyl]

Is Barbed Crescent borked for anyone else? I literally cannot cast it.

I finally got up from my lazy ass and learned Barbed Crescent, and WTF I can't cast it at all either. Is this is known glitch or something? I'm so lost.

[Prothescar]

Sounds like a spellcast glitch rather than an actual FFXI one

[dannyl]

hmmmm, ill look into this. Resources updated as far as I know.

[Septimus]

Sounds like a spellcast glitch rather than an actual FFXI one

Barbed Crescent is technically a weapon skill (Fomor weapon skills are at the bottom of the ability list), perhaps that is causing interference with spellcast. (Didn't one of the Ladybug moves have a similar problem because of the Beastmaster pets or vice versa?)

[dannyl]

Well, I did the following: http://forums.windower.net/topic/205...ates-for-1214/

.. just to make sure I had the most recent, and still nothing. In the XML it has Barb flagged under magic, and also under WS category.

I'm curious how and if Vriska resolved it ?

[Prothescar]

Barbed Crescent is technically a weapon skill (Fomor weapon skills are at the bottom of the ability list), perhaps that is causing interference with spellcast. (Didn't one of the Ladybug moves have a similar problem because of the Beastmaster pets or vice versa?)

Yes, Sudden Lunge had problems since it was also a Beastmaster jug pet JA. It was a glitch for SMN blood pacts too at one point.

[Draylo]

Does anyone know if the "enhances drain and aspir" effect on items works with blue magic? I know how the "enhances refresh effect" on the grapevine cape works with our battery charge and "enhances cure potency" works on our spells. So wouldn't this?

[Prothescar]

It doesn't.

[Draylo]

Ic, do you have any links to testing on it?

[Vriska]

I'm curious how and if Vriska resolved it ?

I just called a GM and when I logged on the next day, I could cast it. :/

[Yugl]

If you're using my spellcast, it requires a change so that barbed crescent only cancels when using the JA version. The people at windower also need to fix their resources XML so that the new spells aren't considered fire type.

Edit:

                <!--- Equip PDT (Barbed Crescent) --->
                <elseif Spell="Barbed Crescent" type="WeaponSkill">
                    <cancelspell />
                    <var cmd="set Armor-%Status PDT" />
                    <var cmd="set ConvertSet BlankSet" />
                    <var cmd="set BreathSet BlankSet" />
                    <command>Dancing Chains</command>
                </elseif>

Here is the fix.

Would have been out earlier, but I anticipated making a new set of XMLs. The issue is that this new one is taking forever to finish.

[dannyl]

Thank you Yugl . This worked. ^_^

[Prothescar]

Ic, do you have any links to testing on it?

No, but it's easy enough to do it yourself to confirm if there are doubts. Cast a drain without it, then cast a drain with. There isn't any further testing required.

[Draylo]

Drains/aspir vary a lot... I doubt you could tell simply from one cast, as its hard to even see the increase when using it on blm, but I'll take your word for it.