The Beast Within -- A Guide To Blue Mage

Yeah man that haste 1 is awesome when you're too lazy to recast flutter

Slightly different version of my last post on the subject:

Important upgrades that retain value:
-Assimilator's Jubbah +1: blue magic skill
-Luhlaza Keffiyeh +1: blue magic skill
-Luhlaza Bazubands: Azure Lore duration bonus, not necessary to +1
-Luhlaza Charuqs +1: Diffusion duration bonus, blue magic skill
-Hashishin Mintan +1: blue magic precast
-Hashishin Bazubands +1: blue magic -recast
-Hashishin Tayt +1: blue magic skill

Valuable upgrades that are potentially replaceable or have finite value:
-Assimilator's Bazubands +1: Worthless once you've learned all your spells.
-Assimilator's Shalwar +1: Tied with HQ Carmine for BIS -interrupt, but the Burst Affinity enhancement isn't worth using so Carmine+1 is inventory+1.
-Assimilator's Charuqs +1: Still evaluating this, but there might be better options for CA.
-Luhlaza Jubbah +1: Decent FC/recast piece, but not BIS (loses to Taeon with FC+5 augment). Probably not worth using for Enchainment once you get into abjuration and Reisenjima gear.
-Hashishin Kavuk +1: Another piece I'm still evaluating for CA.
-Hashishin Basmak +1: Beats NQ Amalric for nuking under BA, possibly beats HQ depending on other stats/buffs. Also one of our better macc feet, so certainly not a bad investment. May move up to the first category with further review.

Don't bother:
-Assimilator's Keffiyeh
-Luhlaza Shalwar

Sylph.Ice said: »
AF body and Empy legs are good for +skill buffs like Occultation and Diamondhide. Empyrean feet are very nice for nuking. Empy body is good for pre cast on blue Magic spells.
Occultation yes, Magic Barrier as well. Diamondhide you can eventually get away with a very limited set of +skill gear. Most efficient combination (relative to FC options) to hit 500 skill with gifts is probably Cornflower Cape with at least skill+9 augment and Incanter's Torque.

Heh, funny story.

I am actually making a section in my guide this very moment just for this because it is never ending.
The whole "I just started" or "I just came back" questions for gear.

EDIT: Done.

I will add armor or w/e later. That is honestly easier since it is just a "get this here, and then this".

That means a lot coming from a delicious pumpkin spice late.

That's a pretty bitchin' guide you wrote. I keep meaning to do one for PUP, but my laziness coupled with my utter hatred for FFXIAH's obtuse formatting, editing, ect... I just haven't really done it. I like how your ***looks on BG, how is BG compared to FFXIAH for editing/creating and ***?

Just popping in to say i'm looking forward to start working on my Almace again as it seems its back with a vengeance with the new RoH steps that were added in the last update <3. Good to see that after such a long time of being under par that its back baby! Curious if Tizona will always stand as a better mainhand or if the two are interchangeable if mana is not an issue? Assume Im a clueless BLU to those who reply since I tend to take long breaks and miss out on a lot of changes </3.

As a player's job attains higher levels, the value of WSC is subjected to a level correction factor specifically for Blue Magic.

This level correction factor used to also affect Weapon Skills, but was removed in the June, 2014 update.

Just popping in to say i'm looking forward to start working on my Almace again as it seems its back with a vengeance with the new RoH steps that were added in the last update <3. Good to see that after such a long time of being under par that its back baby! Curious if Tizona will always stand as a better mainhand or if the two are interchangeable if mana is not an issue? Assume Im a clueless BLU to those who reply since I tend to take long breaks and miss out on a lot of changes </3.

Yes. Trizona will ALWAYS be better main hand.

Mythics, in general, tend to be the absolute best main hand (or weapon) due to them having the largest base damage and AM3's stupid TP gain and WS damage boon.

Empyrean weapons, with few exceptions... Namely Armageddon, Ochain, and Daurabluh; tend to be... The bottom of the barrel of the "121"s.
Lowest base damage means weaker WSs.
And VW makes the 95 and 99 trials to be worse than making a Mythic. (Though nowhere near as bad as an Ergon.)
However, their super low delay and large Mdmg+stat makes them the best off-hand weapons available.

Aeonics and Relics are, generally, in between Mythic and Empyrean.
The "off color" Aeonics have more merit to them than other Aeonics, as being able to double Light AND Darkness is a powerful utility. And weirdly the Aeonic staff isn't a 100% steaming pile... Unlike its Relic and Empyrean brethren...
Relics got seriously pimped out, and it's a travesty that BLU can't Excalibur... Even more so now that it refreshes.

Empyrean weapons just can't compare to the others.
They've always been ghetto relics.
Just is, back in the 99era, you could make a functional Relic with a better linked WS easier than you could a Relic.
But now that they don't share a Relic's DMG and delay... They're just strictly inferior, ghetto versions of Relics.
Even worse now that Aeonics exist, being more Relic-like than Empyreans are now.

Last night I picked up another 3 melidopt wings and now I am having trouble figuring out what to spend them on. should I get a second Claidheamh Soluis to off hand or pick up the wand for cleaving? I read in one of the guides not to off hand Claidheamh Soluis but I am not sure why? and I am really struggling to get anything better than that. I started to figure out delve for the Tojil sword but looking at it there is no way I can beat him on my own or with the few friends I have in game so I am just not sure where to go next.

ok I will see if I can solo Ircinraq on my smn with trusts today.

Just get clubs and cleave until 2100 jps. Become the stronkest

Just get clubs and cleave until 2100 jps. Become the stronkest