How much MP do you have? Gleeman's Cape?Follow

1.) First off, how much MP you BLM's out there working with?

Being Taru, with no MP merits and excluding a backpiece, I currently have 1068MP

http://ffxigear.com/?ref=8134

2.) With the available back options being Prism (450k), Ixion's (2.5M) and Gleeman's (free) ... and gil potentially becoming an issue, do you guys think Gleeman's is fair choice? Has anyone out there gone this route?

I like the 5INT and having my MP go from 1068>1048 is manageble I guess, but I'm also thinking of switching Rostrums out for Yigit/Goliard 1048>1018 ... and furthermore Petasos+1 for Demon+1 1018>988 ...

3.) Aside from the Gleeman's Cape question, is the marginal increase in dmg from the other potential gear swaps worth losing the MP in your opinions?

Thanks guys^^

You're looking at a maximum of 80 mp lost (1068-988). That's a Tier2 nuke. Besides, how often are you ever at max mp?

Why are you concerning yourself with trivial things? As was said (and later changed...)



Edited, Jun 4th 2009 9:02am by alauna

1) My "full-fat" nuke gear brings me down to about 670mp when you factor in the amount of +mab gear in that's not so bad for a lolGalka BLM. I really don't find the lower mp to be such a big problem bearing in mind I'm regularly the most chased BLM running for my life at LS events. I must be doing something right. I have a set to boost me up to 1043mp but I don't use it for much other than my "D2 most of the LS after an event" set...

2) Sounds to me like you've pretty much made your mind up before asking the question. Go with the Gleeman's while you save up for Ixion's. I sold my Prism Cape the second I got Ixion's and haven't looked back.

Switching Rostrums for Yigit and Goliard is up to you. I'm still gathering points for Yigit as I already have Goliard but would like the +mab from Yigit for my nuke set.

Demon+1 is a good head piece and I carry it around along with Sorcerer's Petasos and use one or the other based on the mob I'm fighting. Any mob where resistance becomes an issue instantly gets the Sorcerer's Petasos into the nuke set, otherwise Demon+1 is fine. It really depends what you're fighting.

3) As a Taru you shouldn't be too worried about how 70-80 mp is going to make much difference. So yes, I'd say it's worth it. If I lost 70-80mp that might make a bit of a difference, but really....with 1k+mp are you going to notice it that much?

Edited, Jun 4th 2009 3:29pm by Gra

As a hume I rock around 890ish when in my nuking set. (Short 2 mp merits)

Not anywhere near what a taru would have, but for most events it's plenty as more often then not I tend to be second or third highest on the BLM hate list.

Which at that point we just simply kite the mob until hate swap.

As for the Gleeman's cape why not, saves you 500k that can be used elsewhere.

Edited, Jun 4th 2009 10:04pm by knightfell

Edit: Didn't see that your RDM as well, reading comprehension is fun-damental!

Edited, Jun 4th 2009 10:07pm by knightfell

Except he has rdm, so he still needs prism anyway.

Erm... as a hume with only 2 mp merits still, my mp is ~ 750 while nuking.

I do believe that once my set is better it will raise a bit, but i will make no effort to raise it.

Max mp doesnt really matter. The only possible exceptions are for healers, as that might decide their durability. Even then, a RDM only needs enough mp to last through his convert timer.

In other words: Get a gleemans. Ixion if you have the money not being used for anything.

I would prob even trade the rostrum for Yigit or cobra for nuking, TBH. Only use rostrum when needing stun and maybe sleep ( although goliard is better for sleep )

Edited, Jun 10th 2009 9:47am by TheKhory

<equip when="precast" set="fastcast" /> 
<equip when="midcast" set="nuke" /> 

Works a little better.

Spellcast saves you from even that hassle. And XML isnt really all that hard to learn how to work with.

Get examples, see how they work, fiddle with them. You will get one set working for you in no time.

Cheviot is the poor man umbra. BLM defensive stats are so low that boxers shouldnt be considered...

Ironically this is the only time I ever use my FMP build. :P Solo stuff is more likely to not be resisted (thinking puddings and wamoura) than a NM or something tougher.

Usually if you are fighting something (solo) that doesn't detect by casting, it's better to pop a nuke on it first and then follow through with your enfeeble. You can even cast enfeebles in FMP gear if you have merits and such. Even if it does detect by casting, you can get just outside its cast range but just inside your targeting range to nuke it without it detecting (if it doesn't move while you are casting).

Also, it's handy to keep elemental seal available for when you are nuking in FMP gear where you are more likely to get resisted (at least on puddings).

OP:

1) I have around 1280 MP in FMP gear as a mithra BLM with MP merits. My nuking set has about 890 MP in it when casting. My enfeeble set drops me down to 720 MP.

2) While I am very reluctant to even compare Ixion to Gleeman (because, really, Ixion is one hell of a cape worth the price tag), I'd say that the -MP from Gleeman doesn't really matter if you're a taru.

3) If you are nuking in hierarch belt over obi and zenith pants or some other MP pants over AF2 legs on the appropriate day, no it definitely isn't worth the loss in damage. Otherwise, it depends...you really should have a 'semi-FMP' build macro anyways.

Like others said, make a couple macros that gradually switch out your MP gear with your INT/MACC/MATK/etc gear. Or get used to swapping in pieces manually while casting. Also prioritize which pieces should go in first over others. MACC is nice but you most likely aren't going to need it when soloing puddings.

BLM can be pretty complicated if your macros are not set up right.

I suggest the following (this is the macro system I use):

1) Make 3 books (at least) if you have AF2 pants or obis; I highly recommend more (like a book for casual play and a book for endgame mobs where you switch out more MATK for MACC/INT/etc)

2) Label the books ice/thunder/normal/+any other spells that you have the obi for (or AF2 pants, really)

3) Configure all your nukes and enfeebles using this pattern:

/ma "Spell here" <t>
/equip main "Appropriate elemenatl staff here"
/equip waist "Appropriate belt here"
/equip legs "AF2 pants here on ice/thunder/fire/etc day macros...on your 'no day' book, stick in mahatma/morrigan/whatever

4) Make separate macros for FMP build, HMP build, latent build, enfeeble build, -enmity build, INT build, and a set that mixes you in a suitable amount of +elemental skill/MACC/INT/MATK for things where you may be resisted

5) Set up a standard 'nuke' macro but do not include 1) your main weapon (mentioned earlier, your macros should already have the appropriate staff) 2) waist slot


When you're finally ready, it'll look something like this.

Example:

1) Hit your thunder IV macro [equips your thunder/jupiter staff, penitent's/witch sash/rairin obi, and AF2 pants/mahatma/morrigan pants]

2) Hit your latent macro [equip for sorc. ring latent...make sure waist slot and leg slots aren't included]

3) Hit your 'nuke' macro [equips every other slot appropriately with your average nuking gear]


Make sure to do something like this when it comes to sorc. ring:

/equip ring2 "Sorcerer's Ring"
//equip ring2 "Omega Ring"
//equip ring2 "Snow Ring"

Sometimes you will not want to be in latent HP to nuke. In those situations, comment out sorc. ring and uncomment one of the others.

This way, you can easily nuke in FMP gear but still have your staff equipped and bonus damage from AF2 legs and obi. I know it looks complicated but it really works wonders for me.

Edited, Jun 27th 2009 3:01pm by HitomeOfBismarck