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[Demon6324236]

Sorry to tell you if I'm not serious about playing BLM, I would rather 1 decent Scythe for nuking, instead of carrying around 8 staffs I use on rare occasion.

[Habu]

Sorry to tell you if I'm not serious about playing BLM, I would rather 1 decent Scythe for nuking, instead of carrying around 8 staffs I use on rare occasion.

So you're ok with being extremely mediocre?

[Demon6324236]

So you're ok with being extremely mediocre?

If I play my BLM once a week or less, for procs or other worthless things I am not expecting to do much damage, yeah, I'm perfectly ok with that. I still haven't gotten BLM full+1 even, because I honestly don't care for the job, I used it for the time I was in abyssea, needed seals, and had no other seal party jobs. Now the only BLM I care about gearing up is my gfs, mine can rot.

[Trisscar]

So you're ok with being extremely mediocre?

I (as a career Blue Mage) don't go into a VWNM expecting someone who leveled Blue Mage just to fill the niche of Proc exploit to have Almace level 90 and all the bells and whistles that I have or any other long time Blue Mage has. As long as they have the skills and the actual spells I don't see the problem with them not having it. And since I'm not leveling Black Mage as a career I won't be wasting my time and/or effort to get Black Mage's bell and whistles when the scythe is good enough to get me by.

Nor will I sneer at Black Mages that do have all the bells and whistles that a more dedicated Black Mage would.

[cidbahamut]

Sorry to tell you if I'm not serious about playing BLM, I would rather 1 decent Scythe for nuking, instead of carrying around 8 staffs I use on rare occasion.

You shouldn't have leveled Black Mage then.

Elemental staves are the most basic and essential piece of equipment you can get for the job. If you're not going to invest in them then you shouldn't be on the job at all.

Alternatively you could free up a ton of your precious inventory slots by simply not gearing it at all and showing up to events butt naked on it.

[Camiie]

I literally play my BLM the same amount of time but I have enough respect for it to gear it. Just because you barely play a job that doesn't mean you can just half gear it and think that it's acceptable.

You shouldn't have leveled Black Mage then.

You guys sure are full of yourselves.

[Demon6324236]

You shouldn't have leveled Black Mage then.

Elemental staves are the most basic and essential piece of equipment you can get for the job. If you're not going to invest in them then you shouldn't be on the job at all.

Alternatively you could free up a ton of your precious inventory slots by simply not gearing it at all and showing up to events butt naked on it.

Let me correct you, elemental staves are the most basic and essential piece of equipment you can get for the job IF, you want to do damage. I cared nothing about damage, I cared about procs, I wanted gear, +1 and +2, BLM is easiest job to do that with especially as RDM is and was my main job which gave me many of the spells already along with some gear for it.

To continue gearing my BLM when my gf is a BLM main seemed boring, because I have no want to do the same work over again for both of us, I would rather let her be better at what she likes, as such I took up SCH. I have been making damage staffs for my SCH, and RDM. Later I plan to make trial Magic Acc staffs if that matters much once enfeebling changes, I have been putting them off for the reason of waiting on the verdict on that subject.

[cidbahamut]

Let me correct you, elemental staves are the most basic and essential piece of equipment you can get for the job IF, you want to do damage. I cared nothing about damage, I cared about procs, I wanted gear, +1 and +2, BLM is easiest job to do that with especially as RDM is and was my main job which gave me many of the spells already along with some gear for it.

So if you have RDM you already had access to the staves and have no reason not to make use of them. If as you say you were just using it for procs and absolutely nothing else, then you shouldn't have any gear for it at all, in which case you've no need for the scythe.

To continue gearing my BLM when my gf is a BLM main seemed boring, because I have no want to do the same work over again for both of us, I would rather let her be better at what she likes, as such I took up SCH. I have been making damage staffs for my SCH, and RDM. Later I plan to make trial Magic Acc staffs if that matters much once enfeebling changes, I have been putting them off for the reason of waiting on the verdict on that subject.

Oh sweet merciful Christ...Save yourself the trouble and don't bother with the magic accuracy staves. They are a terrible return on investment and won't be some silver bullet fix to NMs having stupid resist rates/immunities. As one Red Mage to another, take my advice and build yourself a couple nuking staves, they're so much more fun and useful to boot.

[Demon6324236]

So if you have RDM you already had access to the staves and have no reason not to make use of them. If as you say you were just using it for procs and absolutely nothing else, then you shouldn't have any gear for it at all, in which case you've no need for the scythe.

Scythe was actually a stoke of luck getting it, went to get my gf PUP body seals off Titan and teamed up with a PLD going for souls, dropped 2 Scythes in the time we were farming him, my gf got one, and I got the other. Other than that staffs were mostly sold because I had almost no use for them once abyssea nearly killed off RDM being useful, I figured if I wanted staves, I would just make the trial ones sometime.

Oh sweet merciful Christ...Save yourself the trouble and don't bother with the magic accuracy staves. They are a terrible return on investment and won't be some silver bullet fix to NMs having stupid resist rates/immunities. As one Red Mage to another, take my advice and build yourself a couple nuking staves, they're so much more fun and useful to boot.

lol k, I was probably just sticking to nuking anyways, like I said acc were mainly going to be made if the changes to enfeebling magic actually make them worth having, to much work unless there is a noticeable difference.

[Randwolf]

Let me correct you, elemental staves are the most basic and essential piece of equipment you can get for the job IF, you want to do damage. I cared nothing about damage, I cared about procs, I wanted gear, +1 and +2, BLM is easiest job to do that with especially as RDM is and was my main job which gave me many of the spells already along with some gear for it.

To continue gearing my BLM when my gf is a BLM main seemed boring, because I have no want to do the same work over again for both of us, I would rather let her be better at what she likes, as such I took up SCH. I have been making damage staffs for my SCH, and RDM. Later I plan to make trial Magic Acc staffs if that matters much once enfeebling changes, I have been putting them off for the reason of waiting on the verdict on that subject.

This response is most appropriate as long as you strive to gear your primary job(s) with the best gear. As a member of a shell, people know my best geared jobs, my decently geared jobs, and my "if the shell is desperate" jobs.

You also have a responsibility to pass on good gear for your lesser jobs to those who have it as their primary job.