BLM how to spend points effectively ?

[Noutan]

Hello im pretty new in the game, and i want to make a BLM for my first character experience.

The thing is i don't know how to spend my points, i know the main attribute is Intelligence, but i don't know how much points spent on it, and what other attributes i have to improve.

Thanks by advance for your help ^^

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

As far as I know, most players spend all 30 points into Intelligence. You may want to spend a few points in piety so you're at 244 piety at level 50, however. The only reason to do so is solely for AoE reasons. When you have a scholar in your party and you use convert. at 244 piety you have exactly enough MP to cast another fire II and another flare. Any less you can cast a fire II, but no flare.

This is simply preferences, though.

[Noutan]

Thank for your answer

[HaroldSaxon]

Everything in Intelligence.

[scarebearz]

It depends on starting Race.

For yours I would have said all Int.

For a midlander I would have said 29 Int 1 Pie. (not for AoE reasons)

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

It depends on starting Race.

For yours I would have said all Int.

For a midlander I would have said 29 Int 1 Pie. (not for AoE reasons)

Could you elaborate which reasons?

[Noutan]

What are the secondaries attributes too improve plz ?

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...age-Calculator

But I'll sum it up for you

Basically: If you do 640 damage on average, crit > determination. Spell speed is never bad as a black mage, but crit outweighs spell speed to a certain extend. In a nutshell: Crit >>> Spell speed > Det if you do more than 640 damage on average. (which is easily obtained with i85 gear)

[Urielparadox]

by having 251 piety you don't need a sch you can always use fire II + flair, after a convert. IT also allows you to cast fire, blizzard three and thunder 2 after a convert, it also allows you to have 1 extra fire in your rotation before switching to umbral ice, which mean more astral fire up time and proc chances.

[HaroldSaxon]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...age-Calculator

But I'll sum it up for you

Basically: If you do 640 damage on average, crit > determination. Spell speed is never bad as a black mage, but crit outweighs spell speed to a certain extend. In a nutshell: Crit >>> Spell speed > Det if you do more than 640 damage on average. (which is easily obtained with i85 gear)

The difference in spellspeed and crit is actually far smaller than what you are saying.

by having 251 piety you don't need a sch you can always use fire II + flair, after a convert. IT also allows you to cast fire, blizzard three and thunder 2 after a convert, it also allows you to have 1 extra fire in your rotation before switching to umbral ice, which mean more astral fire up time and proc chances.

Actually, it allows you to use Thunder 2 straight in Ice Phase instead of Thunder 1. I personally prefer to use Thunder 1 anyway, and don't have any issues with my DPS.