Blue mage Meriting

[SpankWustler]

First off, I think I love this image: Yes, I definitely love it. His eyes are a UNIVERSE of tears.

Second, I generally do content involving low level monsters on Beastermaster rather than Blue Mage, so I'm curious how drastically Blue Magic damage goes up as monsters go down in defense and level.

If the increase is actually as drastic as I'm remembering from the few times I've decided to cast pointy things on old content, I'd think that at least Benthic Typhoon and Delta Thrust would be worth casting due to the combined damage and enfeebling effects.

A lot of stuff does die fast, possibly before Defense Down or Plague would matter, but a lot of stuff in old content also lives a long time just by virtue of having too much damn HP.

[larrymc]

When doing content where MP conservation is important, like Neo-Dynamis, or NIv2 (the two events I play the most at the moment), I find Heavy Strike being very effective at dealing significant damage, without depleting the MP pool too fast.

In Dynamis, /war is not really a viable option for JA proc, as /dnc is needed for that - so total damage is a combination of fast swings with DW3+STP+DA, CDC once the proc happens, then depending on how much HP is left, either SC with A.Spike, continue swinging with aftermath, or a quick death with HS or DT.

Using Blu in NIv2 is quite different - Mobs need to be either 1 shot or killed in seconds. Swinging at them & using CDC takes too long for a normal mob. HS will usually 1 shot non-NMs.