Blue Mage Forum Index and Guide CompilationFollow

The purpose of this topic is to provide a reference of useful topics and websites. The most useful topics and pages will be contained in gold text.

If you know of a good post that isn't on the old or new list, reply to this topic or PM me and I'll check it out.

General Topics, Guides, and Useful Links
Set It And Forget It - A BLU Spellset Guide
The Blue Mage Hunting Grounds: An Illustrated Guide
Forbidden Art of the Immortal Lions: Spell and Monster Weakness Chart
A Guide to Blue Mage in Nyzul Isle
AlexisLucia's Skillchain Calculator
What foods, in your opinion, are best for BLU?

Subjob Topics
Gulkeeva's Subjob Comparison
Blue Mage Subjob FAQ
BLU/THF
This is why I love BLU/THF

Blue Mage: Battle Tactics
Limit Break 5 Tactics! Let's beat the stupid master BLU!
Blue Mage Limit Break Fight Lvl 70 - Help Topic
Solo ENM 60 BLU guide
Blue Mage Pulling the Strings
Kirin and Blue Mage (results)
Val's Comprehensive BLU Duoing Guide 1-75

Specific Spell Builds
Magic Hammer: Learn to love it.

Blue Mage at Endgame
Blue Mage Merits
Dynamis, Sky, and Limbus

Killing Ifrit Topics
Everything you need to know about which stat to raise
Post Pictures of your BLU
Blue Mage Endgame Guide at KillingIfrit
Blue Mage Guide to Ballista
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General Topics, Guides, and Helpful Pages
Everything you need to know about which stat to raise
What foods, in your opinion, are best for BLU?
Post Pictures of your BLU
AlexisLucia's Skillchain Calculator
Ara's almostly-wostly complete guide to Blue Magic
The Blue Mage Hunting Grounds: An Illustrated Guide


Blue Mage: Battle Tactics
Blue Mage Endgame Guide
Limit Break 5 Tactics! Let's beat the stupid master BLU!
Blue Mage Limit Break Fight Lvl 70 - Help Topic
Solo ENM 60 BLU guide
Blue Mage Pulling the Strings
Kirin and Blue Mage (results)
Blue Mage Guide to Ballista
Val's Comprehensive BLU Duoing Guide 1-75


Subjobs
Gulkeeva's Subjob Comparison
Blue Mage Subjob FAQ
BLU/THF
This is why I love BLU/THF


Equipment Guide
SH vs. AF
End Game Sword?
Peacock Charm or Chivalrous Chain?
Immortal's Earring


Blue Specific Quests and Articat Armor
Blue Mage Quests and Artifact Armor
Blue Mage Artifact Quests (walk throughs)
Blu AF1 woes


Blue Mage Spells
Forbidden Art of the Immortal Lions: Spell and Monster Weakness Chart.
When/How did you learn that spell?.....
Blue Mage Spell Information at FFXIclopedia
Blue Mage Spell Modifiers
Blue Mage Job Traits at FFXIclopedia
Physical Blue Magic damage TESTED
Magical Blue Magic damage TESTED
Learning Spells of Bluemage mobs
Blue Mage Brenner Spell Testing
Blue Mage Spell Acquisition Guide
Blue Mage Spell Guide
Learning Spells from Too Weak Monsters (Confirmed)
Level Gap Myth
Confirmed: You can learn abilities with high level pt member
ECOBlue-A chart of the Blue Mage Spell strengths and weakness (mob related).
Do AoE spells actually hit surrounding mobs?
Enervation
Voracious Trunk
Frentic Rip

Edited, Oct 26th 2012 5:43pm by Tidane

Good job on putting several links together and also good job on putting some good information in a much more compact detail then the other threads offer for easier reading. Overall its still pretty long like almost all of the BLU information threads are lol. And I see you also put links to my threads too, Thank you ^^. Rate up.

Pelase sticky this before it drops into obilivion.

For low level learning /BRD is good too for paeon. Your life stays almost full while those weak monsters hit you for a while.

Azure Lure decreases Blue Magic's cast time.
if you want to edit that in.

I added some more information and fixed a few different problems with the format, that I noticed. I'm still gathering information from the Blue Mage forums, but I will not be giving anything the 100% go until I have tested it myself or have seen conclusive proof that the information is true.

There have been two requests for stickies. One by me at http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=3;mid=114591164925013569;num=1;page=1 and another at http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=3;mid=114598314084431821;num=0;page=1

Update: Added additional threads that have popped up, rearranged several pieces of info, and changed several other misleading sections.

I have added a player testimonial section for subjob. If you are interested in giving me a testimonial, please send me a private message with your level and testimonial.

I've also added the TESTED threads. While I don't feel they are conclusive, the information is progressing.

Slipped to the second page, bump.

Alla lagged for me, sorry for the double post.

Edited, Mon May 1 18:10:43 2006 by Tidane

You can learn moves from NM, also you dont have to kill the mob right after it uses the move. I was duoing in Tahrongi Canyon, we were all BLU lv10. I asked one of the BLUs to bring a stack of Distilled water to see if we could pop the NM in tahrongi canyon (??? that has 100% drop on Fasting ring) . As soon as he gets here he trades the water, and we begin fight. Took us almost 5-10minutes to kill the mob. The mob used Sprout Smack during the middle of the fight when he was around 50% HP. After it used its WS, it took us like 3-5minutes to kill. We popped potions and Hi-potions since we had run out of mp and it was beating the crap out of us. We finally killed it and each got 72 exp, grain seeds, and Fasting ring. I checked the chat log and was suprised when it said "Sogue learns Sprout Smack".

Hope that clears a little bit up about learning moves off NM.
Good luck to all you Blue Mages.

Can you tell me where is the best place to level starting out a blue mage?

Thanks!

To the top it goes...

congrats on the Sticky!!! long overdue for a compilation that is this good.

I don't have much time to respond, but I'd like to mention its not intended to be bias; I left alot of information out. I simply took what I had remembered from using certain subjobs and posted it. I'm still in the process of updating things as I level. When I wrote this, I was mainly soloing, so I had little input on party subs. I will be changing this in the near future to reflect my more recent levels.

My reason for providing links was to show that there is no set subjob. My goal was to give information on the different subjobs to allow the player to chose what subjob he/she wanted to use.

Thanks for the input, however, and I will be updating it soon.

Edit for clarity.

Edited, Tue May 9 07:29:52 2006 by Tidane

Yeah, I actually removed the Traits section when I posted the guide on FFXIclopedia. I'll update it here, for anyone who doesn't want to go off-site.

Hi I'm now a lvl 59 Blue Mage in Siren Server, I leveled rather fast but not as fast as those Japanese guys who are lvl 75 now >_<. I read from Playonline that you can only learn from mobs that yield experience points, this confused a lot of people into thinking "too weak" mobs dont allow you to learn. After making /bst handy into killing easy prey, some one on the same boat in Bibiki Bay learned Venom Shell off a too weak, since then I've been learning from weak mobs as well. I just thought I would add this in, also here are some skillchains I use often in party:

(after lvl 40 chain affinity)
Red Lotus Blade ===> Jet Stream ==> Fusion ===> Blast Bomb.
I prefer Blast Bomb over Bomb Toss because it is similar damage, less MP and binds the mob for the BLM to go crazy at.

Red Lotus Blade ===> Sickle Slash ===> Gravitation ===> Death Ray. This one makes a nice Magic Burst, I do about 249 dmg on IT mobs, although it gets resisted sometimes, I don't recommend using this chain on Dark based mobs or Antican.

Vorpal Blade ===> Death Scissors ====> Reverberation ===> Cursed Sphere / Poison Breath. I prefer Poison Breath, similar damage with poison add on and it's not an entire area attack. I also heard that this WS at lvl 65 changes to Distortion.

I forgot how to make distortion at lvl 58, I know some one told me and I spaced out, I've seen a BLU magic burst Ice Break, although it's too much MP use, having a RDM and Corsair in party is freaking great for that. In Magic Burst, Ice Break bind lasts quite a while, as it usually does when it's used against you, same with Self-Destruct, it sucks when you use it against an IT mob, but although not recommended to use in regular party, it's funny as hell watching both the mob get 400-800 dmg points off as you explode. For those who don't know (which are many) Self-Destruct does not kill you, it gives you weakness and pretty much leaves you with 1 HP, not recommended to be used in parties obviously. It's not an useless spell though. As the Black Mage ability as a support job can come in handy.

Black Mage Support Job:
Elemental Seal is a great tool for Blue Mage as we have so many great spells but because of the power they bring, SE made sure we did not got over board, that is why our spells can get resisted and not take great effect as it does when the monster uses it against us. Elemental Seal will make sure your spell lands on regular monsters. But sacrificing melee stats and certain spells is not worth the Elemental Seal in a party. I simply suggest that this support job comes to service you during "God Fights", "HNM", or even "Dyanmis". I'm pretty sure it is hard as hell to land 1000 needle on Kirin, but fear not, Elemental Seal and Azure Lore will make it happen, although I still think it will be hard, but I, as a RDM main have yet to feel the power of causing 1000 damage to Kirin ;_; Genbu, Byakko etc. will suffer your wrath, Elemental Seal will definetly save you MP from less resists, and the Conserve MP trait can be useful too, as well as the MP boost blm sub brings to the table. So let's include this sub for those who are planning on taking down the big guy ^^. On another note, RDM sub compared to DRK sub is completely different, don't expect to land any enfeebles or absorbs as BLU main, but as /RDM you will get pretty much similar things /WHM gets, though WHM gives your more useful things for soloing at lower jobs, in a party, after you get higher, WHM sub is not as useful since you should already have SMN, RDM, BRD, or BLM with that sub. RDM sub gives you attack bonus trait and Fast Cast, I think Fast Cast might be handy for those long Magic Burst, I always mess up because the spell takes too long to cast >_<, just a tiny second can make my MB land. As opposed to getting Last Resort and Souleater (which I hate using as I watch my HP go down to Orange), you get Cures, Phalanx, Dispel (Important one when no RDM are around, and my god they are freaking hard to find for a party. And by the way, Geist Wall gets resisted a lot but it's better than nothing) and Stoneskin. The only problem with those spells is that it takes quite a while for you to get them, you have to be lvl 62+ to consider these spells. I suggest sticking with WAR, NIN and THF for parties. I also suggest /bst sub if you dont want to wait 10 levels later for a spell, or want your survival rate to be higher when u solo for learning spells, trust me...when you see a Tonberry use Throat Slab on your Torama for 908 dmg, as Easy Prey...you'll be glad that wasn't you. Let's not forget that -20 per tick for Venom Shell, that Ugner or whatever it's called spams it on you as it regens for like 30 HP per tick lol. So happy hunting!


Edited, Tue May 9 14:49:11 2006 by Deziel

Edited, Tue May 9 14:55:28 2006 by Deziel

cliff notes: dont have to be in party when BLU spell is used to learn it, just before mob dies.

in case no one has posted about this, i was in tahrongi canyon earlier with another BLU13 trying to learn healing breeze and we came upon a BLU16 fighting a dhalmel and asked if we wanted to party, then the dhalmel used healing breeze BEFORE i invited him, then i sent invite, he joined, we killed it and i learned healing breeze. i was not in party when the spell was used. only before it was killed. so this might be helpful if u walk by someone and see a spell u need, just ask for invite and u can get it like i did.

The level 75 auto-refresh is: Light Of Penance + Plasma Charge + Voracious Trunk. I had a friend post this for me on another forum last week, but not sure which one it was placed on. I was at the Boss Battle Bash last week so I got my hands on a capped BLU with full Yigit gear. This refresh does stack with equipment refresh for 2 mp per tick. Also, Disseverment is a must have. It's a five fold attack that even the taru I was playing as did 566 damage to a DC at 75.

Was in a 4 blu cor whm party last night
we were all 40
2 blu would chain affinity and the others would burst affinity.
next fight we would switch.

SC: bludgeon >>> Uppercut = Fusion MB: Bomb Toss or Blastbomb
SC: bludgeon >>> Jet Stream = Fusion MB: Bomb Toss or Blastbomb

Jet stream hit a lot more since its 3 attacks, and usually does more damage as well.

Sorry for the lack of updates for the past month or so. I got swamped with work and took some time off from the game. I'll be updating things as I start reading through threads again.

I haven't seen any good macro suggestions?

Is there even any that aren't already out there?
/ma "spell" <t>

But, I have an even better question...
Is it possible to use the macro with your set spells?
/ma "SetLocation" <t>

I mean, with the entire HUGE list of possible spells, just making a macro set that you never need to change constantly, just have to remember to make something like:
Macro 1
Name: Blu1
/ma "SO1" <t>

Macro 2
name: Blu2
/ma "SO2" <t>

...and so on down the line.

EDIT: I used "SO#" because isn't that how it looks in the list of where you set the spells using SO# ?

Then all you have to change is the Set Spells remembering that your macro's are set for that spells set location.

if anyone get's anywhere with this, by figuring it out, that would be sweet.
I would also love to have a PM if anyone gets an idea, since I probably won't check this thread's responses often.


Edited, Jun 22nd 2006 at 11:45am EDT by PAYBACKRanger

A few days ago I found something interesting with BlueMage/BST. I charmed a particular mob that I wanted to learn an ability from and I had it fight an identical mob. It killed the mob but the charm broke just when the battle was over. The angry ex-pet turned around and started casting the ability that I wanted to learn. The pet was nearly dead so I killed it with a few blows after the special. I was surpised to see that I learned the ability. Before this event, I thought since BST don't get XP from their ex-pets, I wouldn't be able to learn any specials from it. For once I was happy to be wrong.

I saw a lot of good choices in your Subjob listings, but you neglected /Pld.

People may think I'm nuts. They're right. But that doesn't change the validity of the subjob. /Pld, you not only gain a bit more MP than /War, an extra point of Vit, and some Defensive traits as you level.

Sacrificing Provoke for a bit more on the Defensive elements works for me, especially in a Solo or Duo situation.

Can this be updated with all the spell information.

We keep getting floods and floods of the same thread because people are having a tough putting effort into finding it themselves.

One thing I keep seeing with a new thread everyday. Is what effect blue magic. /sigh.

please please update this so I can just post this link and tell them its all in this thread.