Black Mage's quirky cross class abilities

[electrikALIEN]

According to today's announcement, equipping the Black Mage soul stone will limit cross class ability choices to Pugilist and Archer.

While I'm pleased Black Mage will be able to retain some of the abilities we find most useful from Pugilist and Archer, I'm also somewhat baffled by the combination. Class differences aside (mage versus melee), limited to choosing Archer and Pugilist abilities for your Black Mage only provides 4 abilities out of the 5 available ability spots:

Feather Foot (PUG 2)
Second Wind (PUG 6)
Decoy (ARC 2)
Chameleon (ARC 42)

Quelling Strike (ARC 22) and Hawk's Eye (ARC 6) are also available to us, but to what benefit? I would just like your thoughts on whether these 4 abilities will be enough.

[Murugan]

How do you expect to use Second Wind without Quelling Strike?

[AmandaHuggenkiss]

Quelling Strike lowers the enmity of the next spell and gives you TP

[electrikALIEN]

Quelling Strike lowers the enmity of the next spell and gives you TP

I didn't know Quelling Strike worked on spells. Interesting.

[KumaAkuma]

Oh it works spells too? Not just weaponskills?

[AmandaHuggenkiss]

Reduces enmity and increases TP generated by next attack. Does not affect auto-attacks.

It does but only for attack spells.
If it did not affect spells it would say in the disclaimer.

Example:

Consumes HP to increase damage of next attack. Does not affect auto-attacks and spells.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

Yep. Try it you get tp from casting spells. I assume the enmity reduction works as well.

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

How do you expect to use Second Wind without Quelling Strike?

You could whack the mob with your staff. A lot of people do this in the beginning of ifrit.

[electrikALIEN]

I learned something today!

But still... I'd gladly trade second wind and feather foot for cure, stoneskin and protect....

[KumaAkuma]

You're right :O