What ATMAS to use

[Prothscar]

Are you trying to tell me that you don't melee on Blue Mage? And your reason being is that you feed the monster TP? Idiocy. You're sacrificing a massive portion of your damage by thinking that you not meleeing the monster is making a lick of difference. The TP spam will happen regardless of whether you're meleeing it or not. Your wall of text concerning /RDM being favorable in comparison to /NIN is all moot as I don't believe your experience with Blue Mage is adequate if you don't even understand that meleeing a monster is beneficial. You listed THF and NIN as jobs to switch to if you want to melee, news flash: BLU is on par with or more powerful than both of these jobs. I have two Kannagi NINs in my linkshell, and a Twashtar THF, and I can say that I very comfortably match or overtake their damage on a nightly basis. Your Blue Mage is bad if you can't claim the same.

An average of roughly .1-.2 seconds of casting time on any blue magic spell is not worth losing 10% delay reduction on your swords. Plain and simple, this is not a pro to the /RDM argument. It's a negligible bonus that is completely useless. You shouldn't be using magical blue magic outside of a whisker burn, and why in God's name would you be using Magic Attack Bonus swords if you were nuking? Elemental staves say hello. I never said to base BLU's damage solely on sword DoT, but to ignore it completely is incredibly foolish and downright gimp. Your reasoning on the name of the job made me facepalm in the most literal sense of the term. Dark "Knight", where's my horse?

You need to reread everything I've said and tell me exactly where I said to completely ignore BLU's spells. I can already tell you that you've said to completely ignore sword DoT, which is the most stupid thing I have EVER read. Using BLU's 75 cap as a benchmark for how to play the job is just incredibly, frustratingly imbecilic. So stop living in a fantasy world where BLU's only form of damage is magic and swords are useless. Thanks.

P.S. I'd gladly take you up on that offer, demolishing you and watching you eat your words would be most pleasing. I'll be using my Almace, too.

P.P.S. If Acheron Flame is causing your group to wipe, get better mages and an MDT set. Seriously, that is not a reasonable excuse for leaving melee off of the mob. I've duo'd Orthrus over a dozen times and had no problems with the "incredible" amount of "tp feed" that BLU apparently causes. (Hint: THF feeds more TP than any other job in the game).

P.P.P.S. You're an idiot. Apocalypse annihilates Voracious Violet every day of the week and on days of the week that don't even exist. If you're a competent BLU that's worth a slot in the alliance that you're a part of, you're meleeing. If you're in an alliance that isn't letting you melee, leave the group. Seriously, leave the group. If you can't understand how 15% Triple Attack is leaps and bounds more useful than 5% Double Attack and 2TP/tic regain, then you need to do a lot, and I mean a LOT of research.