BLM Solo problems

[Thorny]

For someone who complains about not reading posts, you seem to have the same problem.

You kind of should be hitting a macro when you cast those spells, if that macro isn't attached to gear swaps then it's not your normal macro I'd hope.

[Riki]

stuff

You have Genie Weskit, Witch sash, Ixion Cape and use NQ staffs? wth....

And no, Cobras are not better than Yigit. Not on flans and not anywhere else.

[Kerberoz]

Don't forget af1+1 hat... useless. Sell the cape and get HQ staves... or sell the belt and get HQ staves, then do dynamis for a better belt. Kinda "wtf" to spend millions on belt/cape for a tiny benefit, yet sport NQ staves and an abyssal.

[Keria]

You have Genie Weskit, Witch sash, Ixion Cape and use NQ staffs? wth....

And no, Cobras are not better than Yigit. Not on flans and not anywhere else.

i'm pretty sure spellcast uses aliases like "Thunder Staff" for jupiter's, petasos+1 irks me though

[Klonen]

You have Genie Weskit, Witch sash, Ixion Cape and use NQ staffs? wth....

SpellCast

"$ThunderStaff" is a variable which is set to the name of the staff, ie, "Jupiter's Staff". The value of $ThunderStaff is equipped by his SpellCast rules whenever a Thunder element spell is cast.

Kaylia mentioned earlier about solo/lowmanning the NM for Rostrum Pumps. I'm curious what the strategy is. Care to share?

[Thorny]

SpellCast

"$ThunderStaff" is a variable which is set to the name of the staff, ie, "Jupiter's Staff". The value of $ThunderStaff is equipped by his SpellCast rules whenever a Thunder element spell is cast.

Kaylia mentioned earlier about solo/lowmanning the NM for Rostrum Pumps. I'm curious what the strategy is. Care to share?

Kite it in the tunnel and don't be an idiot. True solo is impossible for the most part, you could buy a few traps and hope alastor pops first add on one of them though.. RDM BLM BLM is fine for killing about a half dozen adds. Regardless, if you try really lowman you could get fucked just by it popping late.

[Aikar]

i'm pretty sure spellcast uses aliases like "Thunder Staff" for jupiter's, petasos+1 irks me though

Yes I have full HQ even Apollo's

And why does it irke you? Cause I didn't waste money on a Demon's Helm +1 for +1 int?
Or because im not using my Sorcerer's Petasos which would be a complete fucking waste in a full damage build? lol

And no, Cobras are not better than Yigit. Not on flans and not anywhere else.

I guess you dont know the stats on Cobra

Yigit:

DEF: 11 INT +3 MND +3 Evasion +5
"Magic Atk. Bonus" +2
Set: Adds "Refresh" effect
Lv. 72 WHM / BLM / RDM / BRD / SMN / BLU / SCH

Cobra:

DEF 10 HP +22 MP +22
"Magic Atk. Bonus" +3
"Conserve MP" +3
Set: Increases Magic Accuracy
Lv. 68 WHM / BLM / RDM / BRD / SMN / BLU /
PUP / SCH

Its a 3 INT vs 1 MAB difference, and on a mob like a FLAN with a t4 spell doing 1600 dmg, yeah... i assure you the difference is minor. 1 mab on a 1600 spell should rougly be like 14-15 dmg, where 3 int would be roughly 12-13 damage

Main things my BLM is missing is salvage gear (never even done salvage :3), novio, and i wanted the Oracle Body but now i got genie I dunno.

[Thorny]

I own a demon helm+1 and I still use wizard's+1 95% of the time. Discuss.

[Kerberoz]

And why does it irke you? Cause I didn't waste money on a Demon's Helm +1 for +1 int?

How is a 300k demon helm a waste of gil but not a 2mil+ witch sash or ixion cape? Sash is only 0.2mab and cape is +0 int over free ein cape, +1 over prism.

I own a demon helm+1 and I still use wizard's+1 95% of the time. Discuss.

Tossed my NQ because it's useless.

[Thorny]

How is a 300k demon helm a waste of gil but not a 2mil+ witch sash or ixion cape? Sash is only 0.2mab and cape is +0 int over free ein cape, +1 over prism.

Tossed my NQ because it's useless.

4 enm vs 1 INT is as good a deal as you'll get if you do things where you need to manage hate(t4 znm, jailers besides fort/prudence/temp, etc). You're essentially comparing 3 damage to -4/(100-enm you already have) of your hate. With mahatma, tamas, penitent's, and -enm merits(which I use on my mule since it's not getting morrigan's soon and I won't buy a witch sash for it), that's -4/86 or -4.7% hate gained. I'll live with the -3 damage on anything I'm not kiting, thanks.

[Kerberoz]

BLM hasn't been useful in any situation where enmity matters since like 2005, and if you do find yourself in that extremely rare situation, just don't cross the hate line if you can't survive doing so.

[Thorny]

BLM hasn't been useful in any situation where enmity matters since like 2005, and if you do find yourself in that extremely rare situation, just don't cross the hate line if you can't survive doing so.

I listed a few situations where it applies already, but hey. I didn't say to toss demon+1, I own and use one myself when hate is irrelevant, but to call Wizard's+1 useless is pretty silly since it's an incredibly good tradeoff. Don't cross the hate line? Then why does your 3 damage matter, if it's costing you an extra nuke you would have been able to get in with wizards+1 >_>

[Toke]

Yeah, I shoulda specified AF gloves are bad on EXP/solo mobs :\ Either way. Spamming Campaign now for better gloves, hoping to get people together for Vicious Mufflers soon enough.

I trio'd Bloodlapper for my V. Muffs, RDM BLM BLM using nuke > sleep > nuke, so you don't need to round up too many people. I've also duo'd it RDM BLM, but mp becomes a concern toward the end (we barely won.)

[Thorny]

I trio'd Bloodlapper for my V. Muffs, RDM BLM BLM using nuke > sleep > nuke, so you don't need to round up too many people. I've also duo'd it RDM BLM, but mp becomes a concern toward the end (we barely won.)

Easy, easy solo on RDM/NIN or BLM/NIN if you're decent at soloing(no special gear needed). I'd still gather people for pop item though, droprate is garbage and you'll be there forever otherwise.

[Aikar]

My cape was free
Kinda weird to be on BG and assuming people are the solo-noendgame type people who buy everything thats buyable lol...

Sure as hell didnt buy my Gaiters either.

But as for the hat, I was in an endgame LS, with pimping gear filling my inventory. I cant justify another inventory slot for usage on puddings for a whopping 4 damage.

If you get that excited over 4 more damage, i'm scared to ask how long you can last in bed before minute manning >_>

Sash is only 0.2mab

Guess someone needs to reprogram all calculators since .2 == 10 now.

You cant take a percentage and assign it a static value based on average. Thing's just dont work like that.

[Yondaime]

No special gear needed as in I could solo it as is, given I /NIN and don't hit the retard button? And yeah, I'm kicking myself right about now, I just realized I *had* the pop item... then chucked it when I needed space. Oh well, more excuses to kill Yags.

[Kaylia]

My cape was free
Kinda weird to be on BG and assuming people are the solo-noendgame type people who buy everything thats buyable lol...

Sure as hell didnt buy my Gaiters either.

But as for the hat, I was in an endgame LS, with pimping gear filling my inventory. I cant justify another inventory slot for usage on puddings for a whopping 4 damage.

If you get that excited over 4 more damage, i'm scared to ask how long you can last in bed before minute manning >_>

More accuracy too. Every bit count I guess


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That said, I will take 30mp solo any day over that 1 int. The pudding is going to die in 3 nukes either way

[Thorny]

No special gear needed as in I could solo it as is, given I /NIN and don't hit the retard button? And yeah, I'm kicking myself right about now, I just realized I *had* the pop item... then chucked it when I needed space. Oh well, more excuses to kill Yags.

It stops to cast, just need a refresh body(and everyone should have black cloak to idle in anyway), bio2 -> run -> repeat and only recast bio when it's casting so it doesn't catch up. If you get caught, use stun to get a lead. If it uses the enfeeb transfer move(it shouldn't, you can stay out of range of that), just drain a couple times to make up the bio hp(still only casting when it does). It takes about an hour to kill with just bio and drain.

[Kerberoz]

But as for the hat, I was in an endgame LS, with pimping gear filling my inventory. I cant justify another inventory slot for usage on puddings for a whopping 4 damage.

What's the point of killing puddings and the fixation on puddings? BLM is a horrible merit job, and aerns are better for buffer. Should be using demon+1 on anything under IT level unless you have full morri.

Guess someone needs to reprogram all calculators since .2 == 10 now.

You cant take a percentage and assign it a static value based on average. Thing's just dont work like that.

Uh? 10 MAB two percent of the time and 0 MAB ninety-eight percent of the time is effectively 0.2 MAB.

As for enmity... honestly over 95% of the time I use BLM it's either manaburning, dynamis/ein, or another situation where mobs die fast or are kited and enmity just does not matter. I'd rather gear for maximum efficiency in the 95% of common endgame situations and deal with holding back or using reraise in the rare 5% that enmity matters at all.

[Thorny]

Enmity has it's uses. The thing I don't agree with is using witch sash(+3 enmity for 2 macc and .2 MAB) along with AF head(-4 enmity for 1 INT).. if you're going for an enm- setup you should be using rope and if you're not you should be using demon+1.