Barrier Tusk

im always wonder y blu buff spell always got unreason short duration even compare to same type of magic. such as shock spike vs
plasma charge. now happen to this magic compare to phalynx. why not just same duration.
or blu concept is anything we get is only weaker. more mp expensive and longer casting time with shorter duration then its will Dev team'blu concept?

With 1 minute duration, this spell is one of those you use when the battle plan is failing to yourself and you are taking so much damage.

So you will need to cast it as soon as posible to minimize the damage you are taking. Then, with a casting time of 6 seconds, the spell fails this proposit. The spell has the similar utility as Cocoon, but with the difference that this one has a cast time of 1.75 seconds, not 6...

The spell has potential to be a good spell, but right now it lacks potential when one is soloing a long deep battle.

- Fantod cast time
- 3min Duration

Would prefer a phalanx type effect if this is going to conflict (The idea was unique though, I'll give SE that).

If Barrier Tusk is going to conflict with Phalanx, why not just give Barrier Trusk the casting time and duration of Phalanx?

I don't mind the unique effect, although it's not nearly as strong compared to Phalanx as some bro at SE apparently thinks given the miserable casting time and recast.

The only thing is, SE genuinely believes that the spells are balanced and to add any positive bonus would need to be balanced with a negative one.

If they lower the casting time they may argue the effectiveness will need to be reduced.

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Originally Posted by Tashan

The only thing is, SE genuinely believes that the spells are balanced and to add any positive bonus would need to be balanced with a negative one.

If they lower the casting time they may argue the effectiveness will need to be reduced.

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In that case, I believe there's money to be made by dressing up as a ghost and telling the development teams behind FFXI and FFXIV that I will haunt them mercilessly unless they pay me the minimum daily wage every morning to make me go away.

They seem disconnected enough from reality to fall for it, and living in a new country with nothing but free time on my hands would be neat. Maybe I could even get on one of those goofy Japanese morning shows while I was going to "work" with my bed sheet over my head. Maybe Hard Gay would gyrate on me. That would be cool.

its -15% damage taken so they arent going to let it stay on for your entire fight. you have to manage mp vs spells on blu thats what makes us a unique job. they dont give us something so awesome and make it last forever :P its like cocoon you gotta want it.

i would LOVE an armor piece for Blu that increases spell duration (like rdm AF3) but otherwise c'mon. next you'll ask for an auto-reraise without weakness :P

Aerns get one, why not!?

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Originally Posted by Defiledsickness

its -15% damage taken so they arent going to let it stay on for your entire fight. you have to manage mp vs spells on blu thats what makes us a unique job. they dont give us something so awesome and make it last forever :P its like cocoon you gotta want it.

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I can understand if the duration is going to be miserable. You're right about that being Blue Mage's schtick.

Currently, however, the cast time for Barrier Tusk seems to be 10% of the duration. That's nuts.

Yeah keeping that up for the cost and duration is not only tedious, but very very hard to justify bothering with.