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[Economizer]

BLU is just as tied to /NIN as RDM is.

Blue Mage can get Dual Wield III natively (although this is tied to setting certain spells), thus Blue Mage has slightly better options in terms of subs.

[saevel]

Blue Mage can get Dual Wield III natively (although this is tied to setting certain spells), thus Blue Mage has slightly better options in terms of subs.

This pretty much proves he doesn't know what he's talking about. As of 99 no BLU should be /NIN, Occulation is 9 shadows and six spells make DWIII. It's /WAR for pure offense, /WHM or /RDM for support.

Also RDM will NEVER be a party buffing job again. SE kinda went out of their way to make sure about that. When I asked them they told us point blank that WHM was for party buffing and RDM was for self buffing. Thus anyone thinking to make RDM into the old "haste / refresh / xxx / cure b1tch" is nosing down the wrong ally.

[Economizer]

This pretty much proves he doesn't know what he's talking about. As of 99 no BLU should be /NIN, Occulation is 9 shadows and six spells make DWIII. It's /WAR for pure offense, /WHM or /RDM for support.

Well, I dunno about never subbing NIN or DNC ever considering other traits you can get from setting spells differently, but it certainly opens up far more options. Blue Mages in the playerbase would be wise to try them out and see what fits their play-style best. Blue Mage is far and away one of the most versatile jobs currently, and I could see the game continuing even if SE went crazy one day and restricted every job to 49 or lower except BLU.

Personally, I've been trying to convince a BLU friend to consider subbing RDM on occasion for solo/duo events rather then just NIN all the time, but regardless, some situations will call for subbing NIN or even DNC (although /DNC is more of a result of Dynamis procs being brokenly imbalanced). I imagine RDM would be considered even more useful if Blue Magic "Magic" spells were more powerful relative to "Physical" spells (although my perception here might be from a lack of 100% understanding of the job), or perhaps if Red Mage also had "Magic Accuracy" as a job trait and some of the tiers were sub usable.

[saevel]

Well, I dunno about never subbing NIN or DNC ever considering other traits you can get from setting spells differently, but it certainly opens up far more options. Blue Mages in the playerbase would be wise to try them out and see what fits their play-style best. Blue Mage is far and away one of the most versatile jobs currently, and I could see the game continuing even if SE went crazy one day and restricted every job to 49 or lower except BLU.

Personally, I've been trying to convince a BLU friend to consider subbing RDM on occasion for solo/duo events rather then just NIN all the time, but regardless, some situations will call for subbing NIN or even DNC (although /DNC is more of a result of Dynamis procs being brokenly imbalanced). I imagine RDM would be considered even more useful if Blue Magic "Magic" spells were more powerful relative to "Physical" spells (although my perception here might be from a lack of 100% understanding of the job), or perhaps if Red Mage also had "Magic Accuracy" as a job trait and some of the tiers were sub usable.

DNC / RDM / WHM / SCH are all valid subs for different situations but not /NIN. For pure offense /WAR gives you the most due to Begressor alone, not to mention the bonus from AB / DA. /DNC is a solid choice for Dynamis. /RDM / WHM / SCH are for support situations where your expected to assist heal. My fruits are between 500~600 depending on if I'm off handing a Galenius or not, BLU can get some seriously high heals.