[Sadeira]

you'll want to have a balance of both. at early levels, you won't compete with a taru in terms of being a blm. the most important thing for an elvaan though is pumping elemental magic skill. you have your first crack at that with wizard's earring at level 30. although you can't deal damage like a taru, you can ensure make sure that your spells hit for full damage rather than getting resisted like a taru. also, control your nuking. you have more of an opportunity to do that given your limited mp pool. newb taru blms have a tendency to nuke their brains out and pull the hate off of the tanks. and they always nearly die because of their endless nuking. i have the tendency err...only cure these super nukers when the tanks can't get the mob off of the blm. when they finally die and scream out "WTF DIDN'T YOU HEAL ME?!" i tell them "because you were nuking your brains out, pulled hate, and tanks couldn't get it off, tough noogies taru. even if i did cure you, there wouldn't be anything i could because the tanks couldn't take the mob off of you. learn to control your nuking taru." don't be like the noob taru blm... control your nuking, don't pull hate.