Black Mage's Gear Update.

Goetia Coat +2 Rare Exclusive
Body
DEF:50 MP+45 Magic Accuracy+11
"Magic Atk. Bonus"+11
Adds "Refresh" effect
Elemental magic recast delay -12%
Set: Augments "Conserve MP"
Lv89 BLM

Goetia Gloves +2 Rare Exclusive
Hands
DEF:23 INT+7 "Magic Atk. Bonus"+8
Magic critical hit +5%
Increases magic critical hit damage
Enhances "Enmity Douse" effect
Set: Augments "Conserve MP"
Lv87 BLM

Goetia Earring Rare Exclusive
Earring
Magic Accuracy+3 "Magic Atk. Bonus"+3
Lv90 BLM

Hecate's Earring Rare Exclusive
Earring
"Magic Atk. Bonus"+6
Magic critical hit rate +3%
Lv90 All Jobs

Overall I think we got very nice gear. Body and hands are gonna make our dps skyrocket. and the new hacat's earring will be a nice small boost for novio users and a great boost for those who don't have it.

The job based earring however is kind of lacking...

It all looks very nice!

Also +2 Trial Staves!!! Oh man....

If you think BLM body is good, wait til you see SCH.

Savant's Gown +2
DEF:52 INT+12 MND+12 Magic Acc.+11
"Magic Atk. Bonus"+11
Adds "Refresh" effect
Enhances "Addendum: White" effect
Enhances "Addendum: Black" effect
Set: Augments grimoire

vs.

Goetia Coat +2 Rare Exclusive
Body
DEF:50 MP+45 Magic Accuracy+11
"Magic Atk. Bonus"+11
Adds "Refresh" effect
Elemental magic recast delay -12%
Set: Augments "Conserve MP"
Lv89 BLM

Who is the favorite child now?

Inb4 Zandra.

Do you think this will down the price of Novio?

So much for yhel jacket... lol

Not by alot, as this thing replace Moldy, not Novio.

Broken Do u think lol. WOW

Did you really expect Yhel to be better than af3? :P

I've already seen the body (sch is my other main) and even tho sch's body is slightly better it doesn't matter. The Elemental magic recast delay -12% Plus the +2 af3 hat plus our new trait and new job ability will kill sch in the dps department.

Why? it hasnt been replaced only moldy has, it may naturally fall in price as ***gets easier and if drop rates in sea are improved it could breathe moar life into jailers which in turn could make novio fall in price but none of the listed gear here would be reason for novio price to fall.

edit : beaten by Kvazz.

And then kill yourself after you get smashed to the ground by the mob you are fighting :p :p :p

Ummm SCH's have Dark arts. thats 10% casting/recast time reduction. Thats not including Sub job, Relic Hat, Af feet, Incantors Stone, Fay Staff. or rdm sub job. (not counting alacrity either)

also SCH Af3 hat adds +5% to ebullience(on top of the already 20% potency)... um not trying to bring the whole BLM vs SCH back to the table. (blm is my other main as well) but blm still needs a big update if they expect to beat sch on the DPS dept.

Okey, now i dont remember Morri stats on top of my head but I think this +2 might beat it lol

Your forgeting about the new JA blms got. I don't know how effective it will be but since its a skill im willing to bet it will be better then the sch hate spell even more so with af3 hands. If that is the case Sch's dps will be more limited in team envierments then blm's thus lowering how much damage they can push out conpared to blm.

lets not forget that sch will still suffer from mobs with higher magic resist conpared to blms (on those mobs they will have to put more of there gear to cap magic acc then blm will have to).

Well I know Genie and Teal are screwed!

mana-wall my dear...

Also, proper Stoneskin and Idle sets.

While doing magian staves (I'm reaaaaally behind on them), I'm constantly amazed at the number of BLMs who don't use Stoneskin and never idle in something as basic as an Earth Staff + Black Cloak.

:D

Maleficus scythe int +10 mab +10 magic crit +10 increases magic critical hit damage.

1)Hate really isnt an issue in abyssea with Animus Minuo to be honest. MM Atma kinda handles that. Also when u speak about DPS. DPS in team environment vs solo is very different. Strictly speaking solo SCH still has BLM beat.

2)Higher magic resist?? Whats this mean ? Does that even exist in Abyssea? with atma and Ascetics tonic. lol. I can nuke in Mrg. Cotiehardie and my ToM staves and I have yet to see a resist in abyssea on any NM.

With BLM`s able to utilize /sch now, storm spells /w the corresponding obi + AF2 legs might close that gap a little I think.

Solo yes blms fall short but in team situations (as you said) it's different and the point that I was making about hate is not that its an issue but that with more hate tools we can nuke even faster and take down nms faster with less hate pulls (with nms with high hp were gonna pull hate animus minuo/emnity douse or not. will just do so less often and thus have to stop nuking less often).

let's see what heroes brings to the table.

BLM/SCH not getting thunderstorm lol, and hailstorm is an update or two from now

I agree plus with this update. I think im gonna be in light art mode most of the time spaming haste and regain ughh!!!. damn SE lol

Damn you SE!! So much for my Yhels! I wonder how difficult these will be to obtain?

BLM/SCH and SCH/BLM are gunna be broken DMG wise . Add in the Sublimation changes and the fact that /SCH will now have Stoneskin/blink/aquaveil thus makin it a legit BLM(and vice versa for SCH/BLM ) sub i think we'll see alot of fun with thesse combos .
Geotia hands also make for a good MKE hat Vs Af3+2 argument with its MCrit .

i think the BLM earring is cool provided its not impossible to obtain . yes there are plenty of things better , but we have no idea what Lv91+ holds not to mention the Lv99 merit system and possible Lv75+ merit system caps being changed (would make sense to have Group2 go to 15 from 10 ) .

Over all i think if any one got screwed on gear WHM did . i'm not sayin Orison Hands/Body are junk , but you have to admit when compared to SCH/RDM/SMN/BLM , a WHM will still probly be using thier Lv68 Noble's/Aristocrat's Vs Orison .

You would think SE would make Sch body have something like a lil less dmg to allow something like enhances cure potency, to make sch something like, I dunno. A hybrid job.

Gravity is kind of an important spell for Blms though. At least in certain situations.

Someone post some trials for the +2, lvl90, affinity dmg +6 staffs plse. Assuming they give +6 affinity dmg?

edit : apparently some of them give -12% casting time not +6 affinity dmg as I had anticipated, also surya's+2 is 22% cure pot.