Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

Hi hi! First, thank you for such amazing guide, has helped me a lot to become a better BLM.

But, I have some doubts, I hope anyone of you can help me to resolve.

1) The guide mentions a potion, but what potion? At least what kind?

2) In the rotations section, the first rotation includes 4 FireIV before a free FireIII, then Swiftcast and Flare. Unfortunately, I can't recreate that. I don't have enough mana for the Flare. Am I doing something wrong? As the rotation says, I use x1 FireIII, x1 Fire, x4 FireIV.

Thanks ♥

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Originally Posted by Marianno

Does on ozma and calistoferi only drop the gear for casters for WC? I have the body but I want the arms. I have yet to see any other bosses drop any caster pieces.

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Boss 1 - Head, glove, belt
Boss 2 - Head, pants, boots
Boss 3 - Body, belt, boots
Boss 4 - Body, glove, pants

Do your shopping list !

I wish to have the body...
I saw the glove many time but can't change my lore one since i need extra acc that I lose with the midan belt...

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Originally Posted by Jaibamon

Hi hi! First, thank you for such amazing guide, has helped me a lot to become a better BLM.

But, I have some doubts, I hope anyone of you can help me to resolve.

1) The guide mentions a potion, but what potion? At least what kind?

2) In the rotations section, the first rotation includes 4 FireIV before a free FireIII, then Swiftcast and Flare. Unfortunately, I can't recreate that. I don't have enough mana for the Flare. Am I doing something wrong? As the rotation says, I use x1 FireIII, x1 Fire, x4 FireIV.

Thanks ♥

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Most likely they mean a potion to replenish mp, myself however in rotations i use Draconian Potions of Int for the added damage and HQ Sohm Al Tarts for food. Back in 2.X i would use Mega Ethers for 2x or triple flares
but i think Mega Ethers are no longer viable.
You can also use a sharpcast F1> F3> F4x3>F1> and so on, do note that sharpcasting a F1 will give you a Firestarter Proc, but do not use it right away.

As far as gear goes i am in the same predicament, because i guess at the time it was good but now having my pieces melded with V materia, i do not want to loose it, lol
I will need to wait until i can accumulate the materia back;

Nice :) thanks for this.

What is the *exact* accuracy cap for a8s? Somewhere between 600 and 605 I know, but I'm just wondering.

The cap for a8s is actually 592-593, there mightve been some confirmed misses at 592

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Originally Posted by Dworim

there mightve been some confirmed misses at 592

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Where did you see that?

I'm one of the people that currently runs with 592 accuracy, and I can confirm no misses in 2-3 months of A8S

Oh wow, much lower than I realised. I've always been waaaay over so have never really been able to check for misses. Interesting to know, thanks.

Where should I look for tips below max level? I'm only at 40, but still trying to do well.

Kinda the first thing I'm wondering is, having Blizzard III and Fire III, do these make Transpose slightly obsolete? Starting out, I had gotten used to Blizzard - Transpose - Fire... for low MP use to start with (plus the Heavy while solo seemed useful). But if B3/F3 are more efficient, I can see that shaking things up for me.

For Thunders, is it typically best to use T1 for cast time/MP conservation, and only use T3 (or T2 in my case) with Thundercloud? No Sharpcast yet, so, while I want to use T2 as the "better" skill, I can also see how it eats up a bit of extra time.

Finally, is there ever a place/use for Freeze? Blizzard II? Scathe? First 2 only if you're desperate for Bind maybe?