is /BLM viable for any job in Abyssea?Follow

Looking for a reason to level my BLM, but only as a sub for another job.

I take my WHM alt, which is usually a redundant healer for my group, sub BLM now and target lock it on the NM we are fighting. That extra Stun, Warp 2, Sleeps, etc. is pretty nice sometimes.

You can get by without /BLM in Abyssea, but I would be seriously troubled without it to Warp myself and friends whilst running errands and quests. Not only is burning charges on Warp Cudgels or Instant Warps a silly way to get around, but it's also a straight up hassle to always be in and out of your satchel/sack to get at them, especially if you run at nearly full inventory like I do. Add in a few quest items or crafting needs and I've literally found myself dropping cheap/replaceable items just to warp.

If you want to be an all-purpose WHM, I'd suggest having all 3 subs ready to go. WHM/RDM is generally preferable outside Abyssea, /SCH has its moments too, and /BLM I have found good for a redundant/extra stun in the rotation. TBH, I haven't sleepga'd much on WHM/BLM, and much of the time I'd rather curebomb whoever has a few links than be on the hook for sleeping said links. But yeah, a sleepga can be in the call of duty as well.

P.S. I don't think WHM/BLM was ever the best choice for main healing back in the day, it was just popularized by the need for multiple Escapes in Sky (and Sea, to a lesser extent). And since Sky was most people's cherry event, they didn't realize that they were on WHM/BLM mainly for mass escapes, and that /SMN and later /SCH kick it squarely in the junk for bulk healing.

Edited, Jul 10th 2011 4:12am by tertoonetwothreefour

Edited, Jul 10th 2011 4:16am by tertoonetwothreefour

when I was leveling to 75 back in 04-05 all the WHMs were /BLM. However by 05 there was a consensus that /SMN was preferable due to it's larger mana pool.

Every single one of them should have learned by 75 that it's your level of MP regeneration that matters, not your max pool (which wasn't that much larger with /SMN to begin with). /SMN wasn't necessarily a bad choice, but citing max MP as the reason for choosing it shows to me they missed the mark.

Max MP was only a consideration for RDM, and that was ONLY because of Convert.




Conserve MP and 1/tic Refresh were almost equivalent back in those days, depending somewhat on how fast you're blowing through the MP. Regardless, /SMN never blew anything out of the water. /SCH was the first sub that did anything to that extent for WHM.

anything that wants to brew with elemental WS.

Just wear Ninja Chainmail.

The two posters above me are correct, nin/rdm has a lot going for it, and i wasn't saying nin/blm > nin/rdm. The question posted was asking is /blm a viable subjob. I was just saying it can work for nin, which no one else had posted before me, I also posted some of the benefits.


The Thing i don't know as i haven't done it since old exp groups, and never in abyssea is if nin/blm is a good DD. I know it used to be. You get more int from /blm so Dot will be greater than /rdm on the nin damage spells. Also /blm get's Magic burst bonus, which if a group is doing skillchains adds a little more, also i believe it's less chance the spell will get resisted, and then you can go down the wheel from there.

NIN/BLM isn't a tank job, yes it can pull hate, and it can tank, but it's meant for the elemental wheel. I can't stress enough is that i don't know how good it is at DD level 95. Anyone try it, how is nin/blm DD at 95?

Edited, Sep 30th 2011 4:50pm by riznobi

here's a great link. hope this helps a little
http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/forum.html?fjob=12&mid=1131999085263982367

Edited, Sep 30th 2011 4:52pm by riznobi