Blue Mage: Best thread ever

[Xilk]

So I've been told that BLU is basically the top job in terms of efficiency for solo-farming Dyna. I gave it a shot and just felt like it was too slow when it comes to killing compared to BST. If I conserve MP, kills can take a bit. If I go all out with spells, I'm constantly out of MP. Any tips for a derp BLU? What spells to set, zones to focus on, etc. Just looking for a solid strategy in general. Muchas gracias.

Keep a lot of refresh gear on while engaged.
heavy strike and delta thrust are nice mp efficient damage spells. acc penalty on heavy strike shouldn't be much of a problem on ep's.
I've not really gone on my blu though, so these are just ideas from me.

[Kyte]

So I just logged on and saw that I won Tessera Saio. How does this compare to Thaumas Coat, and Toci's Harness for usability on BLU? (I picked it for BLU)

Why?

[fantasticdan]

So I've been told that BLU is basically the top job in terms of efficiency for solo-farming Dyna. I gave it a shot and just felt like it was too slow when it comes to killing compared to BST. If I conserve MP, kills can take a bit. If I go all out with spells, I'm constantly out of MP. Any tips for a derp BLU? What spells to set, zones to focus on, etc. Just looking for a solid strategy in general. Muchas gracias.

What gear are you tping in? You shouldn't need to spam spells to out-dps a bst.

Keep a lot of refresh gear on while engaged.
heavy strike and delta thrust are nice mp efficient damage spells. acc penalty on heavy strike shouldn't be much of a problem on ep's.
I've not really gone on my blu though, so these are just ideas from me.

AF3 body yeah, but you shouldn't be meleeing in refresh hairpin/subligar/serpentes.

[Damane]

So I've been told that BLU is basically the top job in terms of efficiency for solo-farming Dyna. I gave it a shot and just felt like it was too slow when it comes to killing compared to BST. If I conserve MP, kills can take a bit. If I go all out with spells, I'm constantly out of MP. Any tips for a derp BLU? What spells to set, zones to focus on, etc. Just looking for a solid strategy in general. Muchas gracias.

I am fairly new to BLU myself but what would suggest, since I dont know your spell set up:
Setting up attack traits:
Double (or triple) attack
Store TP
Auto-Refresh
Dual wield (no need if you are /nin which is most likely your case since you have no mule)

I enter Salvage with my mule and go /war. With spells set to give me job traits like dual wield III, TH, triple attack (on top of the base double attack trait of war), Store TP etc. its hard not to deal good dmg. But I have a mule so yeah I dont have to give spell slots up for haste and refresh etc. (since my mule is rdm).

[Kyte]

Not that it changes anything, but he certainly isn't going to be /NIN for Dynamis Farming.

[Ophannus]

Would Toci's outdo AF+1 body for Heavy Strike? I feel like I'm getting better damage with it plus it has 15acc to boot but just want confirmation.

[Nishida]

Why?

I forgot to put that in the post..heh. Basically I had literally just came back to the game after a 1 year break, and I had no idea about any of the new gear. A quick wiki search for some of the items in the prize options made me feel like Tessera was a solid TP / Swap piece for BLU. Apparently I was not correct.


Still would like an answer to my question if anyone would be so kind, though!

Toci's Harness is rare, and I need to plan for what to wear until I get one.

With that being said, how does this look:

Pre Toci's Harness:
http://www.ffxiah.com/item-sets/268192

Post-Toci's Harness:
Swap Mavi Kavuk +2 and Tessera Saio out for Ocelomeh Headpiece +1 and Toci's Harness.

-OR- should Pre-Toci's be Mavi Mintan +2 instead of Tessera Saio?

[Helel]

I have a RDM mule so my experience will be skewed slightly, but I'm pretty sure that if you're soloing, you'll want to be wearing empyrean body or relic +2 for the 2/tic refresh (full time).

Toci's definitely beats af +1 for heavy strike.

P.S. I use thaumas body for tp but that's with refresh II.

[Kyte]

I forgot to put that in the post..heh. Basically I had literally just came back to the game after a 1 year break, and I had no idea about any of the new gear. A quick wiki search for some of the items in the prize options made me feel like Tessera was a solid TP / Swap piece for BLU. Apparently I was not correct.


Still would like an answer to my question if anyone would be so kind, though!



-OR- should Pre-Toci's be Mavi Mintan +2 instead of Tessera Saio?

When you don't need the refresh, you could use Tessera. You could also use it for Heavy Strike and WS until you get something better.

[Vriska]

Kyte the SS in your sig is giving me convulsions.

[Kyte]

Yeah it made me o.<

[Toth]

Any tips for BLU in Provenance?

I was asked to come that yesterday and honestly, I think I bombed. Part of the reason was that I foolishly subbed NIN but even with atmas and drinks, my CDC was barely hitting 900 (I have a strong DEX setup for it as well) and my spells were under 300 on every caturae.

So, sub WAR or RDM next time? Set certain spells?

[doctorugh]

Would Toci's outdo AF+1 body for Heavy Strike? I feel like I'm getting better damage with it plus it has 15acc to boot but just want confirmation.

Alcide's Harness +1 is a solid option

[Kyte]

Any tips for BLU in Provenance?

I was asked to come that yesterday and honestly, I think I bombed. Part of the reason was that I foolishly subbed NIN but even with atmas and drinks, my CDC was barely hitting 900 (I have a strong DEX setup for it as well) and my spells were under 300 on every caturae.

So, sub WAR or RDM next time? Set certain spells?

Sub WAR for DDing and pretty much ignore your spells except for procing.

[Toth]

Thanks Kyte. Any DD spells worthwhile to set?

[Neisan]

If not proc'ing, set TA/StoreTP/DW3 at minimum

Fill rest of slots with either procs or whatever traits/defensive spells you think might help; also check your accuracy, you might be having issues on some of the caturae.

[Kyte]

I think TA, STP, and DW3 take up...37 points I think? So you'll have 23 left for procs. The most expensive element is 17 points (Thunder) so that leaves 6 left for whatever. Accuracy bonus wouldn't be a terrible thing to set (5 points).

[Ophannus]

Man BLU acc is terribad in prov. Sushi+Acc gear+Aggressor+Stalwarts and Bilgestorm missed every.single.time on all 3 Caturae+PW, though truthfully I think I'd be better off coming /BLM since I can't get Infrasonics or Coldwave to land for shit without ES.

[Kaisha]

You pretty much need a BRD, COR, or both to not have shit performance in PW, and good luck getting in either of those PTs when most people bring lots of 2handers for the zone.

[Damane]

Man BLU acc is terribad in prov. Sushi+Acc gear+Aggressor+Stalwarts and Bilgestorm missed every.single.time on all 3 Caturae+PW, though truthfully I think I'd be better off coming /BLM since I can't get Infrasonics or Coldwave to land for shit without ES.

tbh even 2 handers struggel a bit with accuracy in a haste TP set. While not as bad as 1 handers, i just cant see how a 1hander DD job wants to cap accuracy in PW without the use of sushi and a accuracy buff, because frankly even relic 2handers arent accuracy capped there with stalwarts (from my own experience).