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Originally posted by Anakron
As for Gman's example, yeah, that's over 2,000 damage, but that's also nearly half of your MP. If it were on chain 5 or 6 or whatever, then yeah, that's cool and all, but I don't really see a BLM doing that too often |
Yes, its almost half the BLM MP, but they get to rest much more than RDM or WHM too. With Refresh on, and a Dark Staff, they get that back in no time. A BLM at a higher level can nuke once, sit, then get up to MB, sit again, repeat, etc, etc. Really depends on the PT setup, and how good the DD's are at dishing out damage without the BLM help.
The group I've been partying with lately is a static, but they are usually short 1 mage, so they always invite me. Make up is NIN, WAR, RNG, WHM, BLM, RDM. We do 5-6k/hour consistently (never below 5k/hour ever) last night I got 21,000 exp in just over 3 hours. I started 11000/380000, I'm now 32000/38000. RNG and WAR beat up on mob till its at half life, then do WS Slug Shot (550-800) --> Rampage (350-700) --> Distortion. RDM and BLM burst, and mob is usually dead, if its not, a level 2 spell will usually kill it. Fights take maybe 2 mins each, very fast. BLM is a huge part of that damage. We usually cant finish the mob from half if we have 2 RDM.
At 40, your nukes are still fairly weak. Dont worry... they get much better soon.