Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[Milkbeard]

so i melded 2 piety 5s on my right side last night, then ate some piety food and got a ast to give me the piety party bonus (I am a dunesfolk). I WAS able to get the 5th fire IV in with enough mana to do the bliz 3 at the end. It was neat and something I might explore in raid on Monday. However, I notice people do just 2 piety melds even if they aren't going for this forbidden 5th fire IV during 2 cycles. Whats that all about?

[OneWingedSora]

so i melded 2 piety 5s on my right side last night, then ate some piety food and got a ast to give me the piety party bonus (I am a dunesfolk). I WAS able to get the 5th fire IV in with enough mana to do the bliz 3 at the end. It was neat and something I might explore in raid on Monday. However, I notice people do just 2 piety melds even if they aren't going for this forbidden 5th fire IV during 2 cycles. Whats that all about?

That's to always have enough MP to cast thunder 1 going into UI3.

[Milkbeard]

Hmm, thanks so much for the feedback and information guys! The piety theory-craft for blm seems limitless... I should let you guys get back to the stat weight discussion before we segue too deeply. one last quick question, how much piety do you go for if you want the guaranteed t1 (in the situation where you are not getting the opportunity do that t1).

[MagiusNecros]

Hmm, thanks so much for the feedback and information guys! The piety theory-craft for blm seems limitless... I should let you guys get back to the stat weight discussion before we segue too deeply. one last quick question, how much piety do you go for if you want the guaranteed t1 (in the situation where you are not getting the opportunity do that t1).

Has nothing to do with Piety. Most just feel stacking Pie isn't worth it over another stat. It's just that by time you get 5 Fire 4's off in round 2 you'll only have enough time to B3 and B4 to refresh enoch. But if you want to guarantee T1 for each round you could go a 5 4 3 setup:

R1: F4x2 F1x1 F4x3 B3 T1 B4 reset
R2: F4x2 F1x1 F4x2 B3 T1 B4 reset
R3: F4x3 B3 T1 B4 reset
R4: Either do whatever your want here or reuse Enochian to reset your spell chains

You'll need at least 8 seconds of Enoch to go through B3 > T1 > B4.

I just like Piety builds. And I like building around rotations in situations where Convert and Lines are gone.

I only went 5 melds because I knew on the 5th meld with the 35 bonus putting me at 351 I could extend my AoE rotation by an additional spell. Instead of 3 F2's I could fire off 4 and still have enough for Flare. I just don't know if we can get anything else out of increasing Piety. I imagine the MP costs would make stacking any more a waste of gil.

If you went full Pie with 18 slots(Armor+Weapon) you can have 12908 MP. You could possibly get maybe 6 F4's but wouldn't have enough MP for B3. Because after that previous spell you have 180 left. And you need 265 for AF3 B3. So personally on Pie for spell basis the max I would shoot for is just enough to hit that 4th F2.

But obviously other stats won't be as high by using that slot for Pie so it's up to the individual. So if you only care about the extra F4 then the 2 Pie 5's should be all you need.

Edit: You could use food to boost yourself up more but I prefer to be self sufficient without it. And the highest Piety food Spiced Cider is a rarity.