New to BLU, New to FFXI, need some advice.

[AitExcelsior]

Thank you for the replies! I am still level 75 but I went down and learned Battery Charge last night in anticipation. I looked into some high elixirs and the like, but they are a bit out of my budget, all the the yugado drinks seemed reasonable for the price / length they last.

One question I cant seem to find the answer to in most guides:

Can I say, have an auto refresh item, drink a drink, have a book refresh, and battery charge all going at the same time? Or does one of these effects simply over ride the others?

[SpankWustler]

The monsters you're fighting for Fields/Grounds of Valor pages should be comparatively weak enough that you can save a lot of MP by eating attack food and beating the life out stuff with your swords. Just beat on those things like they are responsible for everything that has gone wrong in your life that has led you to play an MMORPG.

Try to avoid using MP outside of combining powerful spells with Chain Affinity and using cheap utility spells such as Head Butt.

[Dhragon]

Can I say, have an auto refresh item, drink a drink, have a book refresh, and battery charge all going at the same time? Or does one of these effects simply over ride the others?

The answer to your question would be...almost. You can have an item that gives refresh along with a refresh effect, but only either the book refresh or Battery Charge up (not both). The MP drink can be used anytime you need it. And since you have Battery Charge, you shouldn't be using the book refresh.

Just for stating so, Brd refresh & Geo refresh will stack with Battery Charge. If you find yourself in their company.

[Zagen]

Thank you for the replies! I am still level 75 but I went down and learned Battery Charge last night in anticipation. I looked into some high elixirs and the like, but they are a bit out of my budget, all the the yugado drinks seemed reasonable for the price / length they last.

One question I cant seem to find the answer to in most guides:

Can I say, have an auto refresh item, drink a drink, have a book refresh, and battery charge all going at the same time? Or does one of these effects simply over ride the others?

I'll just post about all forms of refresh just to cover all basis.

• Auto-Refresh Trait is it's own thing so it stacks with everything (strongest tier overwrites others if multiple traits are present somehow).
• Refresh Gear stacks with everything.
• Refresh Drinks count as Refresh spell effect so it doesn't stack with Refresh type spells.
• Battery Charge counts as a Refresh type spell so it doesn't stack with Refresh/II or Drinks.
• FoV/GoV Book Refresh counts as Refresh spell so don't use it if you can cast a Refresh type spell.
• Ballads count as music refresh thus stack with everything (except same tier ballad).
• Geomancer Refresh spells count as a GEO buff thus stacks with everything except another GEO Refresh spell (not sure if that's intended but I assume so).
• Evoker's Roll counts as a roll thus stacks with everything (only 1 Evoker's Roll may be given to a player so it doesn't stack with another Corsair's Evoker's Roll)
• For what it's worth Sublimation will overwrite Refresh spell effect but not the rest.
• Embrava counts as it's own buff so it stacks with other forms of Refresh (doesn't stack with another embrava).