| Re: Party vs All Other Sub Discussion. I went out and tested the thing that seemed to make the most sense to me: BST/BLU.
Granted my BST is only 19, but then again I was interested in finding an alternate sub for low levels. /WHM doesn't really gain anything special until you start getting the more advanced heals, like Regen and Cure III; and we mustn't forget Sneak and Invis.
But this isn't until level 40 or so! What's a bst to do?
I figured, since the only thing I use whm for is Protect and Cure, blu would fit the bill perfectly because Cocoon is like Protect on freakin' steroids. And it is! Fighting T crawlers in Pashhow, during the finish, they were doing about the same amount of damage to me that I was doing to them.
The only caveat here is Poison Breath - crawler poison's almost invariably fatal if you don't have antidotes. But they're 3k a stack. On my server, that's pennies. I give Teleport-Meas out for more than that at times.
I figure I'll stick with /blu until /whm starts to show more merit - deodorize at whm15 (bst30), blink at 19(38), and sneak at 20(40). Until then I'll avoid things that can, say, paralyze me, and carry a few antidotes and echo screens if I have to.
Next on my list to test is how effective Blue Magic is when subbed - if we could pull off these huge 100-point Bludgeons during the finish, that would certainly streamline our jobs somewhat.
-sam |