PLD Help (To blink or not to blink)

[kandiekane]

no

yes

what ls are you on pandemonium

who said anything about being on pandemonium?

Ok, you got me. My ig name is Demetrios and I'm in Nirvana.

[antihero]

my ig name is Blackice and I'm on Lakshmi, nice to meet you ^_^

[kandiekane]

orly?

[antihero]

yeah

[Suiram]

(fulltime on dark ixion, not blinking rulz, and he was 75 at one point)

Even wopa eventually realized that bringing up other LSs here and exaggerating them made him and your LS look stupid, and butt-hurt because they didn't kill something. Just as you do now in the face of the fact that A: He was @20k to 75 and getting exp in Campaign when Ixion popped and he ran over, and only tanked when we had an issue with our actual tank and B. now that he is 75 anyone can go to his ffxiah profille and see that you're just trying to stir shit up. And in Standard no less, how sad.

[Karanna]

Not this shit again

Yeah, that.

[antihero]

Even wopa eventually realized that bringing up other LSs here and exaggerating them made him and your LS look stupid, and butt-hurt because they didn't kill something. Just as you do now in the face of the fact that A: He was @20k to 75 and getting exp in Campaign when Ixion popped and he ran over, and only tanked when we had an issue with our actual tank and B. now that he is 75 anyone can go to his ffxiah profille and see that you're just trying to stir shit up. And in Standard no less, how sad.

kbro

[kandiekane]

tsk tsk tsk shame on you Buckethead

[antihero]

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5183/buckethead.jpg

[Enedin]

Ppl that tell me I blink too much, I tell them I'm just maximizing my performance. Every enmity or haste counts!

[Furionstormrage]

How did I know kandiekane would come back to shit all over this thread?

On topic: I blink for Utsusemi and JAs, I don't blink for Cures or Flash but I swap max Enmity into non-visible slots on those macros.

Obviously I swap for MDB and Shield Skill/oshit setup, and I blink for everything when kiting to avoid the delay in being able to move after doing an action. (That drives me insane, not being able to move for 1-2 seconds)

I'm a big fan of blinking, because the main argument now is "I'm too lazy to change my macros". That's not gonna cut it with me, and I don't get why people allow that kind of lazy attitude to prevail.

[sleekmotorwurkz]

I get the "you blink too much" argument all the time, I swap gear for every action I do and it pisses people off. Tried arguing that there are ways around it but it just doesnt work. Most of my mages can do just fine, some cant. All I did was add this to my spellcast. (also added a variable so i can turn it on when im with the mages that cant handle it with an alias) //blinkoff

<if hpplt="50">
<action type="changelock" when="precast|midcast|aftercast" slot="main|sub|range|ammo|head|body|hands|legs|feet" lock="yes" />
</if>

Its a good compromise I think. Blink all you want till you start getting messed up. then let the mages cure you without having to get in an argument.

[Sobie]

As with all things in FFXI, even with all the commands and gadgets, shit can go wrong. Blink, or don't blink. Either can cause an untimely death.

I'm just waiting for the day when SE reveals to us that secretly you have to have been wearing gear for over five seconds for it's effects to count in an action or something stupid like that. Would be classic SE.

[sleekmotorwurkz]

I'm just waiting for the day when SE reveals to us that secretly you have to have been wearing gear for over five seconds for it's effects to count in an action or something stupid like that. Would be classic SE.

Anything with a visible stat increase says no, and most stuff with invisible stats that have been tested.

[Valisk]

Blink

You've heard it from the best pld across all servers and Neo.

You're welcome.

[Neosutra]

Please refer to this thread: http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/67533...nk-thread.html

Blinking up to a certain point is beneficial. But blinking every action is stupid.

- <stpt> and <stal> DOES NOT handle outside alliance targeting
- Blinking excessively does mess up timing of magic and shadows and make animations disappear just like Jimbo describes.
- Blinking in every macro also causes unnecessary blinking while spamming macro's and annoying as hell if timers aren't up.

Best advice is to blink on JA's. Make invisible gear swaps for self cure, flash, cure, and utsusemi. Swap around between idle, hate, haste, shield, mdb, etc manually throughout the fight based on what you need at any given time. Don't put these into every single macro so you blink like a christmas tree. You will be just as efficient without the blinking.

This stupid ass shit was shown for the retardation it was in the last thread that YOU even linked.

Blinking will not mess up your magic timing (if anything it will just shorten your recast). Blinking "too much" is just another lazy excuse for fuckwads to try and validate not useing the PROPER gear swaps for EVERY action.

By not swapping visible gear for flash/utsu, you either give up a shit ton of haste, or a shit ton of idle damage down gear. The only thing you should probably avoid blinking on is a cure swap, and thats ONLY because it is retardedly easy to make a cure swap macro with invisible gear.

YOU ARE NOT JUST AS EFFICIENT WITHOUT BLINKING. You learned nothing from the 10 people owning you in the last thread.

[Siralin]

Not this shit again

This x8957645.

[Uubu]

blink *itch blink, if you dont blink your not doing the best you can do
any pld not 75 with almost capped xp is fail since its hands down the best job to campaign with>.>

[ringthree]

As with all things in FFXI, even with all the commands and gadgets, shit can go wrong. Blink, or don't blink. Either can cause an untimely death.

I'm just waiting for the day when SE reveals to us that secretly you have to have been wearing gear for over five seconds for it's effects to count in an action or something stupid like that. Would be classic SE.

We have already proved that is not the case, but I get your point.

[Neosutra]

But gear doesnt matter guys, its all about skill!

My skill gives me 30 more emnity in my actions, 15% more haste in my recasts, and 20% less damage taken in my idle... I swear!