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Your Latest Blue Mage Accomplishments/Milestones
Ragnarok.Connavarr
サーバ: Ragnarok
Game: FFXI
Posts: 36
By Ragnarok.Connavarr 2012-09-15 01:29:40
80 Almace obtained! I can almost get rid of my lolWoE sword. xD
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Fenrir.Sylow
サーバ: Fenrir
Game: FFXI
Posts: 6862
By Fenrir.Sylow 2012-09-15 01:31:21
Congrats~
サーバ: Ramuh
Game: FFXI
Posts: 11972
By Ramuh.Laffter 2012-09-15 06:40:54
Ragnarok.Connavarr said: »80 Almace obtained! I can almost get rid of my lolWoE sword. xD Mainhand WoE sword, offhand 80 Almace, like a boss.
I actually did offhand my 80 Almace with a STR sword, til it was done. <_<
Lakshmi.Spoiled
サーバ: Lakshmi
Game: FFXI
Posts: 86
By Lakshmi.Spoiled 2012-09-16 03:14:03
Finally got some Neo - Nyz Gear :D (T-Body / Legs for those who care!)
By amadis 2012-09-18 07:56:54
Saturday:
Before you all LOL at taking that many people to Kirin i have a very big LS. This is the amount of people that turned up when i said "Who wants to kill Kirin 4 times?" we got W.Legs 5/4 (1, 1, 1, 2) really wish i dident buy 4 pop sets now lol
Monday:
After finaly getting into a NNI static (cant really understand why so many people are against taking BLU its great in there) we got our 1st win after about 10 runs. Looking forward to getting the rest of Thaumas gear.
Useing this set for tp now:
Bahamut.Krizz
サーバ: Bahamut
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3158
By Bahamut.Krizz 2012-10-16 20:59:34
I spent just shy of 500k over the last few days to fill out my beginning gear sets. Today, I finished up a majority of my windower macros, as well as the actual in game macros to utilize them for CW burning.
Then I decided to put them to the test. The mobs never stood a chance. The only downside was I didn't get to test my Whirl of Rage set on them.
Lakshmi.Spoiled
サーバ: Lakshmi
Game: FFXI
Posts: 86
By Lakshmi.Spoiled 2012-10-16 21:50:31
I spent just shy of 500k over the last few days to fill out my beginning gear sets. Today, I finished up a majority of my windower macros, as well as the actual in game macros to utilize them for CW burning.
Then I decided to put them to the test. The mobs never stood a chance. The only downside was I didn't get to test my Whirl of Rage set on them.
Amazing.
What's your secret?
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Bahamut.Krizz
サーバ: Bahamut
Game: FFXI
Posts: 3158
By Bahamut.Krizz 2012-10-16 22:45:26
Well its not really a secret, but don't ask me to post any itemsets.
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サーバ: Asura
Game: FFXI
Posts: 230
By Asura.Sabishii 2012-10-19 20:10:25
FINALLY got my epona's ring.
Gilgamesh.Schmule
サーバ: Gilgamesh
Game: FFXI
Posts: 297
By Gilgamesh.Schmule 2012-10-19 21:11:19
L13 - all spells learned.
Yeah, what? It's honest, and you were ALL there at some point. :)
Quetzalcoatl.Boyaci
サーバ: Quetzalcoatl
Game: FFXI
Posts: 5
By Quetzalcoatl.Boyaci 2012-10-28 07:25:24
Gilgamesh.Schmule said: »It's honest, and you were ALL there at some point. :)
Remove this blasphemy, I was never level 13, never. How dare you, sir, how dare you.
Sylph.Peldin
サーバ: Sylph
Game: FFXI
Posts: 837
By Sylph.Peldin 2012-10-29 19:05:59
Gilgamesh.Schmule said: »L13 - all spells learned.
Yeah, what? It's honest, and you were ALL there at some point. :) I was at level 13, for about 8 minutes =P
Actually since this is the chest-puffer thread, I thought I'd make a post here and say I finally got 5/5 Thaumas gear, and it was me going on BLU that made the difference. I was originally going as MNK, and although MNK is a great job, our group had several road blocks to success. Most of those road blocks were overcome by me swapping to BLU (this was said by my group, so it's not just coming from me). Stunning frogs. Stunning Chariots. Stunning various spells... AoE sleep, AoE haste, AoE damage, AoE erase... heals, self-skillchains, multiple types of damage... and Bilgestorm.
My group won't even let me go back to playing any other job in Nyzul now lol.
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Ragnarok.Sekundes
サーバ: Ragnarok
Game: FFXI
Posts: 4191
By Ragnarok.Sekundes 2012-10-29 19:11:46
Actually since this is the chest-puffer thread, I thought I'd make a post here and say I finally got 5/5 Thaumas gear, and it was me going on BLU that made the difference. I was originally going as MNK, and although MNK is a great job, our group had several road blocks to success. Most of those road blocks were overcome by me swapping to BLU (this was said by my group, so it's not just coming from me). Stunning frogs. Stunning Chariots. Stunning various spells... AoE sleep, AoE haste, AoE damage, AoE erase... heals, self-skillchains, multiple types of damage... and Bilgestorm.
My group won't even let me go back to playing any other job in Nyzul now lol. Grats and glad to hear you've had such success. I've always gone blu so I've not had anything to compare to.
Sylph.Peldin
サーバ: Sylph
Game: FFXI
Posts: 837
By Sylph.Peldin 2012-10-30 00:56:56
Thank you =)
I suggest you give DD a try for one night, or even just for one run. Depending on your personality, you may enjoy it more, or you may hate it. I think it's enlightening to see the pros and cons of both.
Damage output is definitely behind my monk's for most things. Not by a lot, but enough that I can notice it. The utility though is just way too good. If you go as a non-BLU for a few runs, your group will probably be begging you to switch back lol.
Ragnarok.Sekundes
サーバ: Ragnarok
Game: FFXI
Posts: 4191
By Ragnarok.Sekundes 2012-10-30 01:07:32
Thank you =)
I suggest you give DD a try for one night, or even just for one run. Depending on your personality, you may enjoy it more, or you may hate it. I think it's enlightening to see the pros and cons of both.
Damage output is definitely behind my monk's for most things. Not by a lot, but enough that I can notice it. The utility though is just way too good. If you go as a non-BLU for a few runs, your group will probably be begging you to switch back lol.
Well, I'm done with nyzul, and my only heavy dd is drg, of which everyone in my possible groups has better geared, and is more skilled than my own, while I'm the "badass" blu of the bunch so if I end up helping anyone do nyzul, it'll be on blu or perhaps sch or brd on my alt. ^^; But even not directly playing, I can see the other DD's dealing more DOT and WS damage than I do, granted, they were all very well geared. All our parses agree with that, but I feel you cannot replace a blu in nyzul and have the same party dynamic.
By Gameesh 2012-10-30 04:43:36
Does learning Tourbillion and thus getting back to 100% BLU spells count? It sure felt like an accomplishment at least ^^;
Bismarck.Llewelyn
サーバ: Bismarck
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1029
By Bismarck.Llewelyn 2012-10-30 04:44:48
Does learning Tourbillion and thus getting back to 100% BLU spells count? It sure felt like an accomplishment at least ^^; It sure does! Grats!
By Gameesh 2012-10-30 05:01:17
Bismarck.Llewelyn said: »Does learning Tourbillion and thus getting back to 100% BLU spells count? It sure felt like an accomplishment at least ^^; It sure does! Grats!
Thanks. Looking back I wish there was a lightly less... obscure way to learn that spell XD At least GoH and Bulwark have Abyssea counterparts to learn from...
Lakshmi.Saevel
サーバ: Lakshmi
Game: FFXI
Posts: 2228
By Lakshmi.Saevel 2012-10-30 09:10:10
Gilgamesh.Schmule said: »L13 - all spells learned.
Yeah, what? It's honest, and you were ALL there at some point. :) I was at level 13, for about 8 minutes =P
Actually since this is the chest-puffer thread, I thought I'd make a post here and say I finally got 5/5 Thaumas gear, and it was me going on BLU that made the difference. I was originally going as MNK, and although MNK is a great job, our group had several road blocks to success. Most of those road blocks were overcome by me swapping to BLU (this was said by my group, so it's not just coming from me). Stunning frogs. Stunning Chariots. Stunning various spells... AoE sleep, AoE haste, AoE damage, AoE erase... heals, self-skillchains, multiple types of damage... and Bilgestorm.
My group won't even let me go back to playing any other job in Nyzul now lol.
Yep Blue is that amazing in NNI. It's not quite the pure damage that dedicated DD's will have, but it makes up for it with sheer versatility and AoE damage abilities. It's like a Gerber/Leatherman, never know how useful it is until you start carrying one with you, and then you really miss it when it's not around.
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Cerberus.Sey
サーバ: Cerberus
Game: FFXI
Posts: 256
By Cerberus.Sey 2012-11-03 08:02:14
Finally got off the 85 bandwagon and took Almace to 90. Think I may park it there, not sure if I want to spam Qilins for the next 5 months or so >.<.
サーバ: Bahamut
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1008
By Bahamut.Cantontai 2012-11-03 16:08:34
Got 4/5 Thaumas gear this week. Finally getting close to some ideal sets, trying to figure out which legs to use for CDC though. Here's my set:
I have Mavi Tayt+2 and Tumbler Trunks (both in use in other gearsets so inventory is not a factor), which would win in most situations? These days mostly using my BLU in Dynamis and Abyssea, but may start using it again in NNI after embrava nerf if that matters.
ETA: (the 4/5 Thaumas was my accomplishment, tacked on the question so as not to bump 2 threads)
Fenrir.Sylow
サーバ: Fenrir
Game: FFXI
Posts: 6862
By Fenrir.Sylow 2012-11-03 16:13:27
Cheruski Needle, go!
Thaumas Kecks, I'd think. (You said 4/5 so I'm assuming head is the one you're missing, correct me if I'm wrong!)
DEX+5 Attack + 18 vs.
STR+11 Attack + +19 Dex +2
サーバ: Bahamut
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1008
By Bahamut.Cantontai 2012-11-03 16:22:03
I'm actually missing the hands, got the head as a drop.
And, duh, I forgot about set bonus. Guess this means I can finally drop Tumbler Trunks from BLU inventory. Secondary accomplishment!
サーバ: Fenrir
Game: FFXI
Posts: 11681
By Fenrir.Nightfyre 2012-11-03 22:27:36
Use Athos's Tights if you can get them, they'll easily last til Khepri (or Abatteur if you're inclined towards inventory conservation).
サーバ: Bahamut
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1008
By Bahamut.Cantontai 2012-11-04 00:40:38
Would love Athos Tights but Ocythoe shouts are rare on Bahamut and Anhur Robe has been depleting my voidstones lately. Is the difference between Athos and Thaumas going to be marginal or significant? (With my current job rotation, the opportunity cost of getting tights is not negligible.)
サーバ: Valefor
Game: FFXI
Posts: 19647
By Valefor.Prothescar 2012-11-04 00:55:37
It's a 2%~ difference in Athos's favor assuming Athos/Athos and Myrmex/Thaumas.
edit: oh, kacura hands +1. 1 sec..
edit2: 0.5%~ difference between Kacura/Athos and Kacura/Thaumas, in Athos's favor. Lead would become more pronounced toward Athos with capped attack, my calculations were slightly below, but it'd be a negligible difference.
サーバ: Bahamut
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1008
By Bahamut.Cantontai 2012-11-04 01:13:52
Proth, do Athos require the set bonus to be effective for CDC?
Asking because Khepri Kecks are extremely expensive and I have Athos Boots, basically trying to maximize my dmg output without hexed -1 gear (which is nearly nonexistent on Bahamut, and seemingly everywhere else, and I think SE planned it that way but that's for another thread).
サーバ: Valefor
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2012-11-04 01:18:31
Honestly your best bet without -1 gear would be athos gloves + legs with thaumas feet or myrmex hands + thaumas legs. Kacura hands + athos legs would be runner up, but only by, as I said, a very very small margin compared to kacura+thaumas.
サーバ: Bahamut
Game: FFXI
Posts: 1008
By Bahamut.Cantontai 2012-11-04 01:28:01
So unless I'm mistaken, best bet with current inventory is Thaumas Kecks, and I need to get back to Smierc and Ocythoe? Need Myrmex for spell sets anyway, so we'll see about that soon.
I didn't see any topic like this on the BLU forums so I figured I'd make one :)
What are your latest accomplishments/milestones? What is close to being accomplished? What are you looking forward to working on?
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Just finished STR Sword trials last night...waiting to buy the rest of my Flame Geodes so I can get Shamshir +3/Shikargar
Most up to date physical set now looks like:
The Magus Jubbah +1 isn't "complete" yet, will be ready this Sunday at conquest ^^ - ps. they really need to make limbus/dynamis +1 upgrades a 24 hour wait rather than a week.
Major goals include: Better Feet (+1 kacura) and better hands (neo-nyzul or heafoc maybe? What should I really be striving for?)
Earrings will also get an upgrade but those are last on my list since thats just an AH/gil issue >.>
Almace Progress:
3/4 Gargantua as of last night. So far the lottery NMs haven't been too much of a hassle for me, hopefully it stays that way with the Bugard/Rabbit.
0/50 Briareus Helms
0/50 Sobek Skins
Is BLU/??? an efficient way to farm Briareus solo during free time? Plan on running out to him whenever I have a spare hour here and there just to start getting those pop sets/a few helms built up.
If there is another thread like this somewhere that I didn't see, my apologies!
How is your BLU shaping up? What are you currently working on? Thanks for posting ^_^
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