Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

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Originally Posted by Psycofang

1115?

What are you wearing mate?

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http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/SU0M

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Originally Posted by Lavitz_

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/SU0M

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Gahd! I wish I had enough gil to purchase that Eikon stuff. x.x I am barely at 2.5 mil and everything is 4 mil plus on my server. (Chest piece 8 to 11 mil last I checked. XD) Well looks like ima just have to wait for weekly caps for a bit. lel Still smexy numbers thur!

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Originally Posted by Lavitz_

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/SU0M

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Must be nice. Meanwhile on my server every material for any piece of Eikon set goes for a million or more and the actual gear pieces range from 6 million to 10 million. So I probably won't be able to get it unless I join a Diadem group and farm and sell off Tier 5 materia. Or just not bother.

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Originally Posted by MagiusNecros

Must be nice. Meanwhile on my server every material for any piece of Eikon set goes for a million or more and the actual gear pieces range from 6 million to 10 million. So I probably won't be able to get it unless I join a Diadem group and farm and sell off Tier 5 materia. Or just not bother.

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I wouldn't bother unless you can craft them yourself or have a friend who can do it. The crafts are super easy and mats aren't hard to get, but it's the demand keeping the prices so high.

Ive mostly out fitted myself in eikon gear by day two.

Ill buy the primal pants on Tuesday and ill be sitting at around 930 something.

Two eikon pieces should tip the scales easily.

guys, whats the actually secondary stat priority? sps>crit>det?

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Originally Posted by Aloise

PIE BLM feels even more viable than before:
{Please check it.}
As spell speed goes up this will become more flexible. You can probably hit around 900-950 if you minmax for SpS/acc in your gear.

From the description:
406 pie
744 sps
t1 cast aligns your ticks, this wouldn't work before 3.2 because you'd get an mp tick between ending b3 cast and getting UI3 applied
waiting for tick before t1 might be optimal, getting more pie would probably screw you over.
Piety can be done with any 3.2 gear: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/STRB

edit: this is for a continuing rotation, as in Eno falls off after your 20s and you're in UI3. That's why I cast B3 to start. It still works for sharp > f1 > eno > proc > f4 etc though.

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This is interesting, I'll have to look into that further down the road when I gear up and wanna get my final melds rolling.

On a related note, at around 285 Piety, which is about base Piety + SCH/AST party buff + roughly 15 Piety depending on race, you can always do T1 after a B3, even with a low 10,000~ MP rotation (IE when you do a B4 > F3 and don't get a tick in between). For now I'm gonna pop some Piety Vs in my weapon, I can live without 24 CHR in exchange for a guaranteed decent UI phase.

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Originally Posted by tomitoteles

guys, whats the actually secondary stat priority? sps>crit>det?

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That is correct

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Originally Posted by MagiusNecros

Must be nice. Meanwhile on my server every material for any piece of Eikon set goes for a million or more and the actual gear pieces range from 6 million to 10 million. So I probably won't be able to get it unless I join a Diadem group and farm and sell off Tier 5 materia. Or just not bother.

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Round up the mats (you can buy many with esoterics), figure out what crafter you need to do each step, and then recruit with PF or shouts. If you want it done without research or preparation on your part, expect to pay quite a bit more.

-Know what you're asking for; if you need a 3 star specialist in BSM/ARM, then make it clear that's what you need
-Don't expect HQ unless you give HQ materials
-Crafting food is required to make them, so offer a reasonable price for the service
-Don't throw and clutter of items at them and expect them to sort it out. Start with something like "first I need 8 Eikon leather, here's the ingredients for them."

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Originally Posted by Aloise

PIE BLM feels even more viable than before:
{Please check it.}
As spell speed goes up this will become more flexible. You can probably hit around 900-950 if you minmax for SpS/acc in your gear.

From the description:
406 pie
744 sps
t1 cast aligns your ticks, this wouldn't work before 3.2 because you'd get an mp tick between ending b3 cast and getting UI3 applied
waiting for tick before t1 might be optimal, getting more pie would probably screw you over.
Piety can be done with any 3.2 gear: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/STRB

edit: this is for a continuing rotation, as in Eno falls off after your 20s and you're in UI3. That's why I cast B3 to start. It still works for sharp > f1 > eno > proc > f4 etc though.

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What is the 400 PIE needed for? Just a random number you got to while melding stuff? You need roughly 300 MP worth of PIE to pull off that rotation if you get a tick between B4 and F3, and seeing how you can force it with T1, it should be enough.