What Should I Get Next? Help Me Be A Better BLM!

huh i didnt say i nuked in the af2 body ,wtf you guys talking about?i said i use the ixion over the relic body for refresh,and sometimes nuke in the ixion since i have it on .not the relic body.
i do not like or use the sorcs ring.yes its mab is nice,but early on as rdm i didnt like half dead blm running about not wanting to be healed and would get 1 shotted.

as for selling the cloak...since i dont have a sorsc ring and dont want 1. hp regain isnt an option that even concerns me.as for the weskit and demons helm...how about i use the teal hat instead of the demons and teal/ixion instead of weskit/relic.and not lose 3 million i paid for the ixion and spend mayb a hunderd k on a full teal set...

Don't give advice please :(

huh i didnt say i nuked in the af2 body ,wtf you guys talking about?i said i use the ixion over the relic body for refresh,and sometimes nuke in the ixion since i have it on .not the relic body.
i do not like or use the sorcs ring.yes its mab is nice,but early on as rdm i didnt like half dead blm running about not wanting to be healed and would get 1 shotted.

as for selling the cloak...since i dont have a sorsc ring and dont want 1. hp regain isnt an option that even concerns me.as for the weskit and demons helm...how about i use the teal hat instead of the demons and teal/ixion instead of weskit/relic.and not lose 3 million i paid for the ixion and spend mayb a hunderd k on a full teal set...

wow, I must say that most of you really suck at giving proper blackmage advise!!, use this, don't use that etc, that's the least of his problems!. First of all you say that you solo for the most part. In your case a strong enfeebling set is your best option, keep in mind that it doesn't matter how fast you kill something as long as you can kill it. your main focus needs to be making sure your enfeebles stick. if you can grav, bind, sleep enemies easily, then you can kill just about anything even with a weak nuking set. It just takes a little longer. you also need to study the job and practice.

Important points to remember:

*fast cast is calculated before anything else, so you can start a cast with some fast cast gear and switch to your nuke/enfeeble setup after your casting starts and get both effects from one slot.

*sleep unresisted will last for 30 game minutes, sleep can also be overwritten by sleep 2

*sleep 2 unresisted will last for 37 game minutes, and cannot be overwritten

keep this in mind and you can easily maximize your resting time. As long as your enfeebling magic is high enough it should be fairly reliable. Always try to use sleep 1 when possible because it costs less mp and casting time is lower. time your sleeps and overwrite them with sleep 2, when your sleep 2 is about to wear cast a bind if you need more time. then you can sleep him again and start the process all over.

your on the right track with your sets although they do need some work, this will come in time and I'm sure you have a good idea where to start. Start off with your enfeebling magic gear and merits then work on your nuke setup and other gear.

also stick with avocate feet over the goliard feet, even tho everyone seems to think that goliard are better because they do have a slight bit more accuracy however, a higher enfeebling magic skill will lower your interuption rate which is much more important when your trying to get that ever so important sleep off.

"Enfeebling Magic skill is the skill base from which Enfeebling Magic derives. It is most synonymous and most importantly relational to the resistance rate of all attack spells therein. In short, Enfeebling Magic Skill is the largest factor which determines if an Enfeebling Magic Spell is resisted or not. The skill also helps defend against spell interruptions for any spells in its category."

He wasn't talking about the rate of resists. He was talking about the fact that with a higher enfeebling skill, your sleeps are less likely to be interrupted, allowing you to get your sleeps off better in those situations where either you sleep the mob or die XD

well if that's your logic that 3 enfeebling magic does nothing then I guess you may as well not use any enfeebling magic gear, oracles gloves are only 5 enfeebling skill, so I guess just toss them in the garbage cause they do you no good, enfeebling earring with only 3 skill goes for 1m+ I guess that's just cause it's hard to get and not cause it's a usefull item. the point is it all adds up.

I still don't think you get his reasoning for enfeebling skill over magic accuracy. Enfeebling skill will lessen the interruption rate, which is key for soloing...because well you can only depend on yourself to sleep. Magic Accuracy will help with resists solely. I'd personally want something that will help with resists and spell interruption rate down in a solo situation.

just a piece of information since you clearly don't know all that much about this game. when it comes to magic, your skill directly effects you interuption rate weather it be elemental magic, enhancing magic or enfeebling magic. also skill lowers resist rate, where as magic accuracy improves your accuracy there is actually a difference between the 2. on a lower level mob yes accuracy is by far a better investment however on a higher level mob skill will always take priority. also skill will always give you accuracy so you are actually in fact getting some magic accuracy as well as lowered resist rates on your resists and a lowered spell interupt rate.

quote from wiki (not that you should believe everything on wiki)
"Enfeebling Magic Skill is the largest factor which determines if an Enfeebling Magic Spell is resisted or not. The skill also helps defend against spell interruptions for any spells in its category."

You can all question this all you want and believe what you are told like the good little sheep that you are. Just keep following the herd.

learn how to play the job and how your spells work then come back and talk ***!

for solo'n and xp'n on high lvl blm you CANNOT do it on low level mobs therefore the avocate will be more advantageous than the goliard will.