New to Blu and have a few questions... (can't find answers)

[Prothscar]

Is there no gear better then Mavi? I see every blu in this stuff all the time. Seen a few videos with blu in them that never take the stuff off(No blinking). Is the gear really that good or is there better gear and people are just lazy/suck? I ask because I hate the way that gear looks.

There's much better gear. People who do not swap gear on BLU are, quite frankly, imbeciles. Do not be one of them. Examples of gear sets may be found on my FFXIAH page. Mavi head, body, and legs are acceptable pieces for TP until you acquire the harder to get pieces in those sets. Aim for the big hitters of DD stats for your TP set, focusing on DEX, Double Attack, Triple Attack, Accuracy, Attack, and Critical Hit Rate. The rest should be self explanatory and you should be able to draw reasonable conclusions as to what would be good in what slot based on my sets.

Is there a list somewhere of all the buffs and debuffs blu gets? I just want an idea of what all blu can do.

Don't know if any of it has been transcribed onto wikis yet, but I have a compendium of BLU spell modifiers and effects (magnitude and durations included).

What subjobs are needed? I have Dnc and War all done and Nin will be in a few more levels. Seems Pld, Sch and Rdm have some uses but not sure if I need them or not... also don't know if any others are needed.

WAR, RDM, NIN, and DNC are the only critical ones. WAR is your general purpose DD sub, RDM is mainly for cleaving and solo, NIN is for more defensive-offensive play (and sometimes soloing), and DNC is for Dynamis. Some would suggest SCH for Campaign, but I prefer /RDM.

Is there a level where blu stops being broken? At 16 blu is nuts and I am just wondering if and how much it slows down.

Not really. It gets better the higher you go; the sheer amount of things that you can do with BLU if you know how to play the job is greater than any other.

Looking at some of the spells I have come to the conclusion that blu is a jack of all trades. Is this a correct assessment?

More or less, however DD is the niche that we excel best at.

And finally does pollen always suck? I have gotten almost all my spells within 3 critters using it, most of them on the first try. But not pollen. I am actually sick of killing bees and not learning it.

The spell itself? Yeah. It's good at lower levels until you get a stronger cure (Wild Carrot will be your next one). As for learning it, welcome to BLU. Some spells will give you no trouble, others will want to make you tear your hair out in disdain. It's all worth it in the end.

[Rochetm]

There's much better gear. People who do not swap gear on BLU are, quite frankly, imbeciles. Do not be one of them. Examples of gear sets may be found on my FFXIAH page. Mavi head, body, and legs are acceptable pieces for TP until you acquire the harder to get pieces in those sets. Aim for the big hitters of DD stats for your TP set, focusing on DEX, Double Attack, Triple Attack, Accuracy, Attack, and Critical Hit Rate. The rest should be self explanatory and you should be able to draw reasonable conclusions as to what would be good in what slot based on my sets.



Don't know if any of it has been transcribed onto wikis yet, but I have a compendium of BLU spell modifiers and effects (magnitude and durations included).



WAR, RDM, NIN, and DNC are the only critical ones. WAR is your general purpose DD sub, RDM is mainly for cleaving and solo, NIN is for more defensive-offensive play (and sometimes soloing), and DNC is for Dynamis. Some would suggest SCH for Campaign, but I prefer /RDM.



Not really. It gets better the higher you go; the sheer amount of things that you can do with BLU if you know how to play the job is greater than any other.



More or less, however DD is the niche that we excel best at.



The spell itself? Yeah. It's good at lower levels until you get a stronger cure (Wild Carrot will be your next one). As for learning it, welcome to BLU. Some spells will give you no trouble, others will want to make you tear your hair out in disdain. It's all worth it in the end.

Thank you. This is exactly what I needed. The spell list is perfect. Going through wiki and clicking each spell was becoming annoying.

[Trisscar]

There's much better gear. People who do not swap gear on BLU are, quite frankly, imbeciles. Do not be one of them. Examples of gear sets may be found on my FFXIAH page. Mavi head, body, and legs are acceptable pieces for TP until you acquire the harder to get pieces in those sets. Aim for the big hitters of DD stats for your TP set, focusing on DEX, Double Attack, Triple Attack, Accuracy, Attack, and Critical Hit Rate. The rest should be self explanatory and you should be able to draw reasonable conclusions as to what would be good in what slot based on my sets.

I had a look at your sets and this is where I must quote myself: Being elite is worse than being an outright noob.

Do not have unrealistic about what to learn or what to gear Mr OP. Pace yourself and get what gear you can reasonably achieve. If you don't have uber gear to macro into than don't feel embarrassed, and the rest will work out just fine.

Proto, good going on your gear. I hope someday to have gear even half as good someday.

[Tashan]

I had a look at your sets and this is where I must quote myself: Being elite is worse than being an outright noob.

Do not have unrealistic about what to learn or what to gear Mr OP. Pace yourself and get what gear you can reasonably achieve. If you don't have uber gear to macro into than don't feel embarrassed, and the rest will work out just fine.

Proto, good going on your gear. I hope someday to have gear even half as good someday.

Seconded.

It's not about having the best gear. It's just about knowing how to use what you have.