RDM Gear

[Arthars]

it all sums up what your doing really. but for a "normal" rdm wanting more space, i sugegst you to remove the following:

Weapons: fourth mace, warp cudgel, joytoy(u need space, in normal situation, u dont have to choose rdm to melee!)

Subs: magic strap, Genbu's shield(u need space, in normal situation, u dont have to choose rdm to melee!)

Ranged: white tathlum

head: nashira, walhara

neck: ugg pendant(seriously just use elemental torque because im very darn sure it saved you more MP in the long fight if your doing HNMs and somehow nuking O_o), reraise gorget

earrings: novia, even you got it, you can keep it. its good but really, you can keep it if you really need space

body: crimson(you have goliard for convert, so i guess you bring this for your MND setup and not wanting to lose 40 MP as an elvaan, but its rare you have max MP and enfeebling)

hands: shadow(no idea why its in ur bag)

rings: -

back: aslan(you have a prism, you can leave this out for space since it seem you really need it)

waist: thunder obi(see ugly pendant)

pants: goliard(Your elvaan, you have enough HP to take extra hit hahahah, dont have to bring this for 2%), AF2(see ugly pendant, i prefer just bring mathama)

feet: nashira(see ugly pendant, nuke in goliard is better in long battle), AF2(yea MND mainly i suppose, but goliard have that covered)

[Syntex]

No... just no.

Why is it then I see many well geared RDM's using Blizzard III as their nuke of choice when soloing HNM?

10 elemental skill and 5 intellect combined with ice accuracy merits IMO makes it a better nuke unless you have a mob that is weak to thunder.

For a BLM however its a different story.

[Arthars]

we choose to nuke in ice because it has the lowest chance of resist and we dont wanna waste MP if we get resist on thunder in a solo situation. 10 skill and 5 int and blizzard being 1 of the top tier nukes make it favourite for solo situations

so that doesnt mean we should do thunder spells with ice hq staff, that is really stupid to think that 10 ele skill and 5 int >>>>> 15% magic acc and damage on HQ thunder

we do nuke in blizzard more yes like i mention above, but we still wont do blizzard on fafnir, or even thunder III fafnir with HQ ice staff

so yes Massimo is right

no...just no.

even for BLMs, where KB is nukable by blizzard and thunder, it is still better to nuke with blizzard, not because behemoth is thunder-based, but because we want lesser resist.
You can still nuke behe with thunder and do well if u feel confident

[Hank]

He wasn't saying you should use Ice Staff with Thunder Spells, just that you should use Blizzard over Thunder because of the Ice Staff. He worded it a little confusing, but he's talking about the spell Blizzard being a notch below Thunder in terms of tiered damage.

[Massimo]

He wasn't saying you should use Ice Staff with Thunder Spells, just that you should use Blizzard over Thunder because of the Ice Staff. He worded it a little confusing, but he's talking about the spell Blizzard being a notch below Thunder in terms of tiered damage.

If that's what he actually meant, then I agree with Ice being better most of the time.
Still handy to have Jupiter's though.

[Arthars]

haha icic ^^

[Airenn]

Why is it then I see many well geared RDM's using Blizzard III as their nuke of choice when soloing HNM?

10 elemental skill and 5 intellect combined with ice accuracy merits IMO makes it a better nuke unless you have a mob that is weak to thunder.

For a BLM however its a different story.

It's not that, but Blizzard does just a LITTLE bit above Thunder.

THen you have recast time, so Thunder is the next spell you can cast, and the Staff for that will still nuke better than equipping a Thunder Staff for a Blizzard Spell.

I also use Jupiter's for Stun.

EDIT: btw, arthars basically said what I did in a much more organized way. He hit everything dead on.

[Albatross]

Am I really the only RDM who likes to stack Conserve MP gear for haste/refresh/cures? Macros swap in Goliard Body, Cobra hands, legs, and feet before every spell goes off, then back to idle set. Wish I could get a Magnetic Earring, but I have Static for BLM. I never felt the need for an overload of haste/fastcast gear for that, yarnball helps me keep my cycles going well enough that I seldom find myself waiting on recasts to buff someone. *shrug* Personal preference issue obviously, but just surprised I never see anyone with a similar setup as me.

I'm the same exact way.

[Syntex]

He wasn't saying you should use Ice Staff with Thunder Spells, just that you should use Blizzard over Thunder because of the Ice Staff. He worded it a little confusing, but he's talking about the spell Blizzard being a notch below Thunder in terms of tiered damage.

Yes, this is what I meant.

Also if you wanted to cut down on solo space thunder/jupiters is kinda useless but useful for other jobs like BLM and when subbing something like /drk.