[blueoakleyz]

First of all, I have NO idea what that moron was talking about since I never have enough TP to do a weapon skill.

Anyway, on to the intelligent reply.

"Your equipment confuses me. A Black Cloak is a level 69 tunic; a Black Cloak +1 is a Demon's Cloak. A Black Tunic is a lv20 tunic; a Black Tunic +1 is a Mage's tunic. Sounds like just a bit of confusion on the equipment names. You also listed a hairpin as being used, but if you are using a tunic then you cannot equipment headgear. My BLM uses a tunic so no headpiece. My WHM uses a robe so I use a Haipin +1 for extra MP."

Yeah my bad, I meant Black Cape +1.... the back piece that gives +3 INT and some MP. My body piece is a Frost Robe

"Anyhow, it sounds like you are well equipped. The only thing you could improve upon would be Morion Earrings (~50k each) and possibly your backpiece, which you did not list."

Well i tried one Morion earring (84k) and was severly disappointed. It amounted to ONE extra damage... so I sold it right back. Maybe long long in the future I'll buy one again but only after I have all my staves.

"As of lv30, my stats are as follows:
HP 374, MP 377 (+87), STR 23, DEX 36, VIT 27, AGI 35, INT 54 (+19), MND 37 (+9), CHR 26, FIR 3, ICE 3, WND 3, ERT 3, LTG 3, WTR 3, LIT 8, DKN 11. I use Apple Pie +1 which gives +30 MP, +4 INT and "MP recovered while healing +2" (this is all included above).

As of lv34 (which I'm not quite to), my stats will be as follows:
HP 428, MP 445 (+129), STR 26, DEX 41, VIT 31, AGI 38, INT 61 (+23), MND 39 (+9), CHR 29, FIR 3, ICE 3, WND 3, ERT 3, LTG 3, WTR 3, LIT 8, DKN 11. Again, this is with food tallied in.

My equipment is arguably the best possible at my level with the exception of Morion Earring +1 (800k each) and a Variable Ring, which I have not found yet.

The INT difference between us and the Tarus, at lv34, is 7 points. This equates to possibly a small amount of spell accuracy (arguable) and 7 more damage per spell. The Tarus do, however, have a base of 105 more MP. Their RSE is not going to give more MP to them, so that difference is negated somewhat post 31 but they continue to outpace us in the long run. The biggest difference between players is going to be the spells that they have and how they play.

I played with a BLM the other night in a tag-team damage dealing party. We had a Liquefaction skillchain to which I bursted 230 dmg Firaga and they bursted 110 dmg Fire. In that situation, all the +INT in the world can't compensate for their spell deficiencies. Due to my higher INT, spell for spell, I also did 9 more damage."

I'm 38 now, probably gonna be 40 by the end of the week, so I'll have to post updated stats later.