Update: Blue MageFollow

Azure Lore adjustment is stupidly overpowered but very welcome, will make even more use of the Skillchain Bonus trait we can set.
Skillchain adjustments is also pretty neat.

our 2h isn't a worthless PoS now? amazing...

(although I'm thankful that I'm gonna have some reason to actually use my 2h now^^)

Tummie Wrote:


Thread bookmarked for the win, Tummie you're awesome.

This is just pure awesomeness!

Only question I have now is will the spells consume TP like CA does? I sure hope not, but even if it did this is still 100% better than what we currently have.

I've also found BT to be kinda spotty at times, too, but they are both single hit spells, so I guess it's not entirely surprising the 'No Effect's stand out more. Whatever 91-99 brings could be interesting since, as is, CB with SACA is kinda meh. For added fun, one could also try and burst CW off the double light, but I'm not sure we'd be able to get it off in time (and the only mobs who would survive this should be NMs).

Hate to be the nay-sayer (as I'm really REALLY excited about having an actual 2hr - BLU was my first job and my first love). But with the above two SSC Combos that tummie suggested (awesomeness and much rate ups)....

How long will it take SE to nurf this:

Assuming we survive (WHM cure spam...) - but when you 2hr wipe the floor with an NM (Esp if you have the Empy WS), hit an ISL chest, and do it again? (I've used a lot of phrases in brackets, sorry)


Personally, I'm all for this.
Freaking right it's about time people started respecting BLU's athority.... ^^

Let's say the 2hr change happens from level 1, would there be enough blue magic with SC properties to make some BCNMs easy button?

Oh just wait, the bitching and moaning will come

"An already broken job, just got broken" or some such crap



Personally, I say "about time!!"

There are a few jobs like that, so I don't feel too bad about having my 2h like this.

The job adjustments wern't added yesterday, I presume it was just an maintence for some other reason.

I'm a SAM (main outside abyssea) and I have no issue in the slightest of good BLU's now being able to dish out some 20K DMG during 2hour. The nerf bat won't come out either, SE havn't been whipping the playerbase with that anymore. Just buffing and overpowering jobs more and more. The only time you will see the nerf bat is for a coding error, or something not working as anticipated like the PUP weapon.

Can't wait to see this in action either, I just wish my 3.5man static had a BLU in it.

unless he 2hrs first and pwns you into the ground....

This.

I could see him MB'ing Eyes On Me, but I'm assuming this will also change last AU Mission as well. Also I wonder with the sc changes with the effect lasting longer if we'd be able to self MB with our longer casting spells?

Also some mobs havn't had two hours changed, like the ark angel galka's two hour for his drg half is still call wyvern.

Set it up in two macros with the new <wait ?> you can easily do those in one to two macros.

Edited, Jul 11th 2011 5:01pm by kenshynOnShiva

Edited, Jul 11th 2011 5:01pm by kenshynOnShiva

Thanks. I tried again using <wait> macros. After some trial and errors I was finally able to make the full chain.

Lore
Vertical Cleave (1383)
Sub-Zero (777)
Skillchain: Fragmentation (440)
Disseverment (792)
Skillchain: Distortion (560)
Goblin Rush: (1257)
Skillchain: Fusion (1187)
Bentic Typhoon (1230)
Skillchain: Gravitation (1451)
CA+Flux+Quad (3590)
Skillchain: Darkness (7632)

Total: ~20,299

Sorry, was thinking of our defense down spell, as its 10-15% lower defense. Maybe that frightful roar.

Just tested on Piasa (NM bird in la Thiene):

VC (1409) -> Sub0 (966) Frag (625)
-> Diss (1698) Dist (missed due to blink)
-> GR (1655) Fusion (589 Resist!)
-> BT (1255) Grav (1018)
-> QC (7098) Darkness (13320)

Apparently he has less than 31k hps as the darkness killed him.

I'm going to enjoy our new 2HR I think.

I Manually use Azore Lore then hit my macros:

Macro 1
/ma "Vertical Cleave" <t> <wait5>
/ma "Sub-Zero Smash" <t> <wait7>
/ma "Disseverment" <t> <wait6>
/ma "Goblin Rush" <t> <wait6>
/ma "Bentic Typhoon" <t> <wait1>
/echo Start Next Line!!

Macro 2
/ja "Chain Affinity" <me> <wait1>
/ja "Efflux" <me> <wait1>
/ma "Quadratic Continuum" <t>

Tips:

- Revitalizer will allow you to do 2 Azure Lore back to back
- Frantics Drinks + Frantics Powders will buy you 2 mins of invincibility, and additional Mins for each pt member with a Frantics Powder.
- Fighting NM next to ISL chests will enable you to restore you 2HR ability. (use /item macro)

It takes about ~35 seconds to complete the chain. There is not much a monster can do within 30 seconds but you still want to watch for things like Paralyze, Sleep, Silence, Terror, Stun, Knock Back, Blind, Flash, Shadows/Blink, Magic/Physical barrier, High-Evasion etc. Obviously NMs that cast magic would be a nightmare, or NMs that recover HP when attacked under certain conditions.... like Glavoid >.>

Edited, Jul 13th 2011 6:17am by GagBag

Given 10 tp per spell and the spam keeping you from getting more than 1 or 2 physical hits, the mob would just be hitting it's first TP move as you finish. This is barring any natural regain the mob might have

Knights has a Light property and Chant du Cygne has Darkness. Could drop a CdC at the end if you had tp to close a second Darkness. Would have to chain a light to use Knights.

for Chant du Cygne you could use a tp wing or the temp item one aat the end of our two hour skill chain. could do the same with KOTR, but not sure where to insert it, begening, end or none.

Another question, if you teamed up say with a second blu, could you end up chaining the SC's to do even more dmg or tripple, quad light dark ending?

A little off topic, but with our two hour do yyou think we surpass a Kclub BW drk?



Edited, Jul 13th 2011 3:51pm by kimjongil76

It would have to be outside of abyssea. ALl the NMs mobs in abyssea seems to take reduced damaged from breath spells, Bloodweapon soul eater, atonement and spirits within. I haven't seen or bother to try anything to do with voidwatch.

With how our two hour acts now...Could someone please fasion a list of magic to use to create a skill chain chain like the one in this forum for the 70 cap G5? Friend of mine needs help building one but I just now realized I'm not any sort of expert on the flow of multiple skillchains ^^;