FINAL FANTASY XI Job Adjustmentｓ Manifesto [Blue Mage]

[Tashan]

I'd like Diffusion to be lowered too.

Although I don't see it happening.

[Defiledsickness]

@defiledsickeness... I think we DO get a massive damage spell...they're called physical spells and can be spam mend for low mp and fast recast timers. Not to mention efflux and skill chain boosts?

I consider myself average Bluemage at lvl 85 and can get 1-1.5 k with hysterical barrage and efflux on normal mobs. Ghats pretty strong for 76mp. Not to mention the whole solo skill chain equations.

i said -dmg spell, MINUS massive dmg. like the ninja spell or the brd spell Scherzo. sorry i wasnt more clear.

idk why people would replace the awesome armor we get with refresh armor. i dont find it terribly difficult to keep my MP up on blu unless im spamming Occultation and Embrace to stay alive. and the blue mage AF3 body completely replaces the relic.

as for the Rdm head piece, sure fast cast is great. but if you want to do damage why not wear MAB armor? unless you're stunning why would you really need fast cast? we already get a ton and there are many other pieces if you cant get dyna wins. try augmented necks from La Theine abyssea, the RDM earring, the one from trading Ancient Beastmen coins.... etc. dont forget to haste yourself (and if you cant get it then wear haste armor like the walarha turban).

although i dont have any +movespeed gear for rdm so i almost never sub Nin, which i can see needing fast cast for ichi.

[Zagen]

i said -dmg spell, MINUS massive dmg. like the ninja spell or the brd spell Scherzo. sorry i wasnt more clear.

idk why people would replace the awesome armor we get with refresh armor. i dont find it terribly difficult to keep my MP up on blu unless im spamming Occultation and Embrace to stay alive. and the blue mage AF3 body completely replaces the relic.

as for the Rdm head piece, sure fast cast is great. but if you want to do damage why not wear MAB armor? unless you're stunning why would you really need fast cast? we already get a ton and there are many other pieces if you cant get dyna wins. try augmented necks from La Theine abyssea, the RDM earring, the one from trading Ancient Beastmen coins.... etc. dont forget to haste yourself (and if you cant get it then wear haste armor like the walarha turban).

although i dont have any +movespeed gear for rdm so i almost never sub Nin, which i can see needing fast cast for ichi.

Do you even gear swap? I mean your post just screams that you don't...

Refresh gear is swapped in during idle times i.e. when you just finished a monster and are waiting on/running to next one.
Fast Cast gear is swapped out once the spell starts casting. Then you swap to the stat that matters for a given spell.

[Defiledsickness]

i play on 360 so i cant have 30 macro lines for each spell. i do gear swap but on blu i have haste gear during the main time for melee dmg as i dont believe in blu's who spam spells for dmg.

as i said there are certainly times when fast cast is great, but the macro system makes it fairly difficult to double up on macros for every single spell. and in order to swap a full set of gear it takes 3 macros. i have my gear preset for each function and (for rdm) staves set on each individual spell.

imo you want haste gear, swap to dmg gear for WS/SC/MB, and have a fast cast setup for when you need ichi up. unless im on smn i dont normally need a fast cast setup to get ichi up, although it would be better for recast times on mobs that take shadows down quickly. normally i dont solo those types of mobs and blu and rdm aren't exactly tanks (at least not until i finish almace).

[Zagen]

i play on 360 so i cant have 30 macro lines for each spell. i do gear swap but on blu i have haste gear during the main time for melee dmg as i dont believe in blu's who spam spells for dmg.

as i said there are certainly times when fast cast is great, but the macro system makes it fairly difficult to double up on macros for every single spell. and in order to swap a full set of gear it takes 3 macros. i have my gear preset for each function and (for rdm) staves set on each individual spell.

imo you want haste gear, swap to dmg gear for WS/SC/MB, and have a fast cast setup for when you need ichi up. unless im on smn i dont normally need a fast cast setup to get ichi up, although it would be better for recast times on mobs that take shadows down quickly. normally i dont solo those types of mobs and blu and rdm aren't exactly tanks (at least not until i finish almace).

/equip lear "Loquacious Earring"
/equip legs "Homam Cosciales"
/equip body "Mederi Talar"
/ma "Pick Your Spell"
/echo ~~~~~ You're Leaving Set 1 ~~~~~
/macro set 2


/equip
/equip
/equip
/equip
/echo ~~~~~ You're Leaving Set 2 ~~~~~
/macro set 1

IMO doing macros like that aren't that complicated and all you have to do is press the same macro twice. You get Fast Cast and stats that help a given spell. 3 times if you need more gear swaps either way it can all be done nearly instantly.

I used to be of the mind set that going this route wasn't "necessary" but it honestly
makes a difference that is noticeable.

[Defiledsickness]

see i only recently even found out there IS a /macro command. and i tried using it and asked my LS but they said you can only change macro books with it. if i can actually hit 2+ macros with it then it would be viable.

still i am very used to my macro setup as is. blue mage i have the 3 DD spells i always use, typhoon, my enhancement spells, shadows, and embrace. it fills up my first set, then scroll down for my charged whisker set (including sleepga). and scroll up for my gear swapping. i originally tried macroing gear to each spell based on its modifier, but with only 5 (6?) lines i cant swap every piece. and this method became more annoying when i didnt have a random spell macro'd and further annoying when i became mostly haste based in line for Almace.

rdm i just have my gear set up for enfeebling, healing, nuking, mnd-based enfeebling/enhancing. then staves/grips set to each spell. then i just pick gear for what i plan on doing and when it's necessary to change its not too tough. but with all my spells i take up 3 sets (set0, set1, set2) and then use set10 for gear. thats a lot of scrolling and not including when im /nin or meleeing.

[Zagen]

see i only recently even found out there IS a /macro command. and i tried using it and asked my LS but they said you can only change macro books with it. if i can actually hit 2+ macros with it then it would be viable.

still i am very used to my macro setup as is. blue mage i have the 3 DD spells i always use, typhoon, my enhancement spells, shadows, and embrace. it fills up my first set, then scroll down for my charged whisker set (including sleepga). and scroll up for my gear swapping. i originally tried macroing gear to each spell based on its modifier, but with only 5 (6?) lines i cant swap every piece. and this method became more annoying when i didnt have a random spell macro'd and further annoying when i became mostly haste based in line for Almace.

rdm i just have my gear set up for enfeebling, healing, nuking, mnd-based enfeebling/enhancing. then staves/grips set to each spell. then i just pick gear for what i plan on doing and when it's necessary to change its not too tough. but with all my spells i take up 3 sets (set0, set1, set2) and then use set10 for gear. thats a lot of scrolling and not including when im /nin or meleeing.

You can't "hit 2 macros at once" (maybe I'm misunderstanding your wording) but pressing the macro twice is how that works. I've only had that screw up when I'm lagging otherwise a quick double tap works out nicely.

Most people don't know about /macro which I find odd since it wasn't really a secret, I assume it was just a refusal to change when it was introduced.

It does take getting used to, honestly you'll mess up a lot in the beginning, well I did anyways.

For my RDM I actually setup the first 3 top macros (Ctrl for me) of each set with a swap to Enfeebling, Nuking, Healing sets also if I was in say the Enfeebling one I just have it echo something about you're in Enfeebling so it didn't do anything else.

[Defiledsickness]

i may play around with that but i have each book set to a different job so idk how far i'll go with it.

i never knew about /macro because no wiki guides or players ever discuss it. i just randomly looked through /commands and found it.

[Zagen]

i may play around with that but i have each book set to a different job so idk how far i'll go with it.

i never knew about /macro because no wiki guides or players ever discuss it. i just randomly looked through /commands and found it.

http://ffxi.gamerescape.com/wiki/Macro has it in there. Also has <a#> which is amazing for healers (most don't know about that targeting feature) who aren't in the tank PT

[Defiledsickness]

never knew about that lol. its not tooo tough targeting with a controller, keyboard kills me though :P

though i think we're successfully way off topic lol