Third Tier

[Nawesemo]

I didn't read all of the responses so forgive me if this came up already,

Blm.
1. make elemental seal a sub meritable catagory, that will give elemental seal a large % chance to critical, up to say 100% @ max merits? (I'd be happy with a max 50% chance but 100% would me more in line with BLACK FREAKIN MAGE! shoot make it rob me of my hp, idc, I'ma blm!! I should be able to Destroy a "hybrid", instead of just clobber his nukes, uggghhh.)
2. I lovvvve my mini manafont (MANAWELL), can this be meritable , by reducing timer by 5 min? (2.5 would be more realistic).
3. Manawall, holy moly ty ty ty ty s.e. but uh... can we reduce it's recast timer by say 2.5 mins also)?
4. If it had a 30 min recast I would still love it, but an ability achieved via merits to increase our chance of criticaling our next spell? min recast of say 20 min @ max merits?

other than that, I'm pretty stoked they put us back on top of the Nuking food chain despite, the gap being as narrow as it is, I'm pleased, but I still feel like we're being skrew'd out of that extra mab that we don't get compared to dd's job attibutes % increases in the whole "attack bonus" vs. mab thing.. but w/e ..

maybe make blm or respective dd's able to boost 1 stat by say 10? (int for blm) (enmity for sch or i'ma have a b.f.!)

edit: STUN TIMER FOR BLM.... IS .. CRUEL ... SHORTEN IT!

[Economizer]

STUN TIMER FOR BLM.... IS .. CRUEL ... SHORTEN IT!

A 45 second recast timer can seem unforgiving, but you can do your best to get around it. At best you can reduce it to 22.5 seconds, which should allow you and another person on Stun duty to block any nasty TP moves. This will require 50% recast delay, in a direct form, or in the form of Haste.

Sub Scholar for the 10% reduction from Dark Arts. Demand to have Haste cast on yourself for an additional 15% reduction. (Alternatively, when we get level 99, sub Red Mage for the 7.5% Recast reduction, and self Haste.)

Wear as much Haste gear as you can muster (Swift Belt 4% and Walahra Turban 5% are pretty easy to get a base 9% - but you can also go better with a Goading Belt 5% and Zelus Tiara 8%, in addition to other gear like the Goliard Saio 4%, or if you want to get really creative, a Rune Chopper 9% - be sure to swap it in only during Stun!). Between basic gear you can get something like 9%, and with more work, around 17% or even a full 25% if you macro in a Rune Chopper.

Since getting capped Haste on gear is a pain in the butt, you might want to get the Recast Delay reducing Indra+2 Staff (the Lightning Accuracy one) that gives -12% Recast Delay - which also lets you sub Red Mage instead of Scholar while maintaining a perfect 50% recast on Lightning element spells like Stun, if that's your goal.