Gear Sets. Follow

Hello fellow Blue Mages. I'm a returning player who's once again leveled Blu up.

What do the typical gear sets look like these days. Melee, Str Build, Vit Build, etc. Mainly looking to gear myself out decently and not make a fool out of myself.

Also, I just acquired the AF3+1 body, which is better to cast spells in, AF3+1 or Magus Body?

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

ive got lots of gear sets: tp, vorpal blade, sanguine blade, idle, str/dex spell, str/vit spell, spell with CA set, headbutt, haste/blu skill, benthic typhoon, cure set, int set, pdt set, mdt set, utsusemi set and thats for normal blu. if i am doin aoe burn add in another pdt set, a fast cast/interruption set, str/mnd, macc set, and a dex spell set. all of these sets i made because i saw a need.

in reality, for starting, id go with: tp, ws(both vorpal and sanguine), cure, and a general spell set. get those and use them all. i cant tell you the number of blu's that have a tp set and a spell set but never change gear. thats pretty good for starters

Haste/TP Set.

Macc/Haste/Recast set, for headbutt/spells not about damage.

Magic Attack/Int/Mnd set, for Sanguine Blade and nukes. Add Dex for Charged Whisker, but the general idea is the same.

Physical nuke set (STR, DEX/VIT depending, blue skill).

Physical WS set (STR/Crit for Vorpal, Str/Mnd for Savage, DA/TA/Etc for both)

Cure set (This is a big deal. Swapping in MND rings, those mnd gloves, errant body, etc etc adds a -lot- to your cures, which saves you a lot of MP.)

MP rest set. (Less relevant in abyssea.)

It's a lot of sets, but there is a lot of overlap too, where one item is used in many sets. (For instance, a str/acc belt works for both WS and spells, a MND item works for both Sanguine and Cure and Savage Blade, etcetc.)

Inventory is my BLU's biggest issue. :I

You'll actually want to use both. You'll want to start casting in the Mavi Mintan +1, as that will cut the casting time of your spell by 6%, then before the cast goes off, swap over to the Magus Jubbah to gain the effects of the STR, DEX and/or +15 Blue Magic Skill. It's the same thing that Bards do with Sha'ir Manteels, as it allows them to cast that song that much quicker. However, the only downside is that in the case of most of Blu's physical spells, the casting time is extremely short, making it hard to swap in the Jubbah fast enough.

For a lot of our buffs and our nuking spells, the cast time on them is substantially longer, giving you ample time to swap from the Mintan to the body piece of choice. It's just those physical spells that tend to be tricky.

That macro wouldn't work for a few reasons. First, while I see what you're trying to do with having the Mavi Mintan being equipped after the spell is done, you need to have it on as the spell is first being cast, whereas that macro has it swapping to the Magus Jubbah at the very start of the spell, thus not getting the effects. Secondly, and this is more broad of a macro suggesting, you'd need to have a wait somewhere in between the two bodies being equipped, since that macro has you trying to equip two different items to the same slot at the exact same time.

For the Mintan to give its bonuses while still getting the effect of the Magus Jubbah once the spell is cast, you'd need to have the macro set something like this.

/equip body "Mavi Mintan +1"
/ma "whatever the spell is"
/wait 1
/equip body "Magus Jubbah"

For longer casting spells, that /wait 1 isn't an issue, but for the shorter casting ones like our physical spells, that wait is almost the entire duration of the cast.

I only use magus jubbah for VIT build, QC, HB and enhancing blue magic(cocoon etc.) I was under the impression that it other modifiers were better for nukes and other spells.
Am I wrong? and if so is there some testing that can be linked to so I can finally put this internal debate to rest for myself?

Hmmmmm I wonder why I had it in VIT late night macro writing i guess.
See I thought the same about blue skill only going to enhancing spells and resists to magical. Does not affect magic dmg at all.?
I don't want to be here just trying to figure stuff out.

Thank you, this I can work with. Where do the secondary modifiers come into play in the calcualtion? (I.E. For Quad is 5 STR better then 15 skill?)

http://www.ffxiah.com/player/Sylph/Abenx#item-sets

This is a link to most of my sets. They may not all be perfect, but they're a good goal set to work on.