BLM questions

[fobber]

What type of gears should I focus on when I'm doing regular xp mobs? MAB?

For HNM, do I use element skill gear instead of MAB? I have capped element magic skill.

How can you tell how much INT a mob has?

Which is "better" Yigit Feet vs Ros. pumps?

Here is my current nuking gear.

Element
Head Yigit Turban
Neck Uggalepih Pendant
Body Igqira Weskit
Hands Zenith Mitts
Legs Errant Slops
Feet Ros. Pumps
Back Rainbow Cape
Waist Ocean Rope
Ear1 Moldavite Earring
Ear2 Morion Earring
Ring1 Snow Ring
Ring2 Snow Ring

Is it worth it to get Mahatma Slops, Prism Cape, Loquacious Earring?

Is there anything I should replace?

[ubermonkey]

What type of gears should I focus on when I'm doing regular xp mobs? MAB?

MAB and Int.

[quote:5c63c]For HNM, do I use element skill gear instead of MAB? I have capped element magic skill.

Nuke in as little ele skill gear as it takes to get a consistant full unresisted nuke rate, then pile on MAB/INT. For Sky I tend to ignore ele skill gear except on kirin and do fine. For Sea, same deal. I don't do kings much, but I swapped out my zmitts for af1 hands last time I did KB, but I had less merits then.

[quote:5c63c]How can you tell how much INT a mob has?

Someone else can field this one.

Which is "better" Yigit Feet vs Ros. pumps?

Yigit.

Here is my current nuking gear.

Element
Head Yigit Turban
Neck Uggalepih Pendant
Body Igqira Weskit
Hands Zenith Mitts
Legs Errant Slops
Feet Ros. Pumps
Back Rainbow Cape
Waist Ocean Rope
Ear1 Moldavite Earring
Ear2 Morion Earring
Ring1 Snow Ring
Ring2 Snow Ring

Is it worth it to get Mahatma Slops, Prism Cape, Loquacious Earring?

Is there anything I should replace?

[/quote:5c63c][/quote:5c63c]

Get them eventually. Get a Prope (on my to buy list, I like ocean rope too), sorc ring and gear to activate it. Don't wear pendant full time (I assume you don't, but best make sure )

[Shuemue]

I agree with Ubermonkey in the main, but you don't really need to drop z.mitts for kings, go all out dmg on them if you're at 8/8 ele merits. It's things like CoP Wyrms and Kirin where you need to stack skill gear.

[Kaylia]

#1) M.atk and int

#2) Use every elemental you can on hnm (af hand, af2 hat, ele torque). In most case, your average damage will be higher in the end. Not every hnm require element, but JoL/kirin/wyrm/khim/cerb/DL/ultima all require high elemental.

#3) You don't really need to know the mob int, but you can tell based on your nuke using the magic damage formula posted on wikipedia

#4) Yigit for nuking, ros pumps for enfeebling

#5) Mahatma slops and prism cape are both pretty good. Every little bit of int help (more damage and better accuracy)

[Andrinne]

I pretty much agree with the previous posters, except that i retired my ros. pumps when i got yigit. I happen to have AF2 boots (conserve mp) and macro those in for cures and the occasional gravity, bind, silence.

I would trade your yigit turban for AF+1 hat if you have limbus access. Buy the P.Rope, Mahatma and Prism as you can. While one piece adds only a tiny damage, the difference between an all NQ blm and souped up one is pretty substantial.

Don't forget your potency merits
Also, if you truly want to be a high-damage, efficient blm you will put as much effort into your resting set as your nuking set to get back as much mp as quickly as possible so you can get up again and have fun

[Shuemue]

#4) Yigit for nuking, ros pumps for enfeebling

Why do you say that? They have the same int/mnd and the fast cast is pretty negligible.

[fobber]

#1) M.atk and int

#2) Use every elemental you can on hnm (af hand, af2 hat, ele torque). In most case, your average damage will be higher in the end. Not every hnm require element, but JoL/kirin/wyrm/khim/cerb/DL/ultima all require high elemental.

#3) You don't really need to know the mob int, but you can tell based on your nuke using the magic damage formula posted on wikipedia

#4) Yigit for nuking, ros pumps for enfeebling

#5) Mahatma slops and prism cape are both pretty good. Every little bit of int help (more damage and better accuracy)

#2 Nice info, what other HNM requires high elemental skill?

For aspir/drain, should I be using all dark/int gears for those spell?

If I /rdm and buy a HQ wind staff, does gravity stick longer?

Is it true if you use HQ thunder staff, it gets stunned longer?

So p.rope > ocean rope.

[Shuemue]

For aspir/drain, should I be using all dark/int gears for those spell?

If I /rdm and buy a HQ wind staff, does gravity stick longer?

Is it true if you use HQ thunder staff, it gets stunned longer?

Just dark skill

No, just less chance of resist, same for stun.

[Nirokun!]

i use nashira crackows for my enfeebles

and im pretty sure even af1 hat does more dmg than yigit by a small amount

[Kaylia]

#4) Yigit for nuking, ros pumps for enfeebling

Why do you say that? They have the same int/mnd and the fast cast is pretty negligible.

Can still shave 2 second of sleep/bind/stun recast with rostrum. Worth macroing imo in those situation where you are a stun whore or doing crowd control.

Yigit is much better in overall, and wearing it full time is perfectly fine. However, a "fast cast" macro if you have inventory room can be useful. The boot can also be used in sorcerer ring macro to lower max hp if you have yigit.

#2 Nice info, what other HNM requires high elemental skill?
For aspir/drain, should I be using all dark/int gears for those spell?
If I /rdm and buy a HQ wind staff, does gravity stick longer?
Is it true if you use HQ thunder staff, it gets stunned longer?
So p.rope > ocean rope.

#1) I can't think of any other endgame HNM. >_> ToA beastman king maybe? Hydra if you are on blm? Havent fought sky god in years, but they were resisting quite a bit back then. Too bad they die in 4min.

#2) Macro every piece of dark magic you can for drain/aspir. Not sure how INT affect those skill, but I macro it in the remaining slot

#3) No clue if staves increase potency, but I believe they do. I rarely /rdm outside pudding camp. /whm and /nin are more useful in general imo

#4) No clue again. I supose it help, but it's almost impossible to gather any data concerning stun resist rate/duration

#5) penitant vs jse rope = 1int/-3enm vs 20hp/40mp. Against HNM where you wont get hit, penitant is better. Rest of the time, ocean is going to win imo. Mp pool, and higher hp for survival is rarely a bad thing.

[ubermonkey]

I agree with Ubermonkey in the main, but you don't really need to drop z.mitts for kings, go all out dmg on them if you're at 8/8 ele merits. It's things like CoP Wyrms and Kirin where you need to stack skill gear.

Indeed, its been a long time since I last did any kings, and I have a ton more ele skill through merits since then.

Also, if you truly want to be a high-damage, efficient blm you will put as much effort into your resting set as your nuking set to get back as much mp as quickly as possible so you can get up again and have fun

I can't stress this enough. It's an area where my blm is sorely lacking, and when comparing with another blm with a pimped out resting set, I really really notice the difference.

[Suiram]

Nidhogg is the only Zilart king I use a significant amount of elem. skill gear for. Aspid, KB, and their NQs and Fafnir don't require much skill if you are 8/8 merits.

[Kaylia]

Fafnir without threno can still resist you quite a lot.

[Shuemue]

@Kaylia, ya I carry them for sorcerer's ring macro, might try adding them into my sleep/stun macros.

As for ele gear on Nid, I can't say I ever felt the need.

[Suiram]

When Nid is in his regular mode, he's about as resistant as Fafnir, this is true. But when he goes wings-up then you see a ton more resists. I just use an elem skill/enmity combo to counter it best I can. Overall damage isn't really a problem because the fight tends to be a bit longer than NQ so still plenty of chances to pull hate if that's your thing.

[Shuemue]

The LS I was in that did Kings used SC+MB on Faf/Nid, perhaps that's why I didn't notice too many resists?

[Suiram]

The LS I was in that did Kings used SC+MB on Faf/Nid, perhaps that's why I didn't notice too many resists?

Naw, that's what we do, too. In fact if you were just JP-nuking it'd probably be easy to just nuke when he's in regular mode. With SC-MB and Murphy's Law and all he's going to 2H right as the SC goes and before the MBs land nine times out of ten haha. Anyhow Fafnir I agree and I've said before in other threads you don't need much skill. Nid is like Jekyll and Hyde, though, when it comes to resist, so I just err on the side of resisting less because like I said, it's usually a long-enough fight to where you'll still have to watch your hate eventually regardless of how much damage gear you're wearing, so your overall damage isn't really compromised in doing so.

[Shuemue]

I usually had the luxury of a blm or two outside the ally, so I could have fun and be a dick overnuking, die for a hate reset, tag in another blm while I was in rez.

Good times :D

[Kaylia]

With threno + MB, you shouldnt notice any resist on both nid and faf.
Threno + single nuke is still getting high resist for me on Nidhogg. I will get a lot 1/2 resist and some 1/4.

I have trouble to imagine BLM capping their accuracy outside magic burst. It's not like there is hundred nuking gears.

[Shuemue]

Whenever possible I stuck to Water IV and then obviously Flood II for free nukes on Faf/Nid.