Originally Posted by hongman  |
| What is a "selfish subjob"? |
Something subbed when a party member doesn't want to assist with another role they could be adding to the PT. This subjob instead adds nothing to output of a PT.
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| As for Staus Cures etc, thats why I mentioned a generally balanced party that has a WHM or at least /WHM. Guess I should of added "with the rigth camp and right mobs". But then /NIN becomes situational, so I guess that answers that. |
Don't pass the buck off to a WHM or SMN/WHM to do everything. A BLM typically nukes steadily and evenly, watching that they don't draw hate. I never expended so much MP on BLM that I couldn't toss out a cure or status cure from time to time.
It can't hurt to help a WHM save some MP with status cures, they have to keep everyone alive and its their MP that determies whether or not a PT can keep a chain, BLMs can usually rest a few ticks or more in any fight, so thier MP isn't as vital to keeping chains, though there are situations where more nuking could be needed.
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| Again, tradeoff between that +INT with the extra wand = more potent spells = faster kills over a few cures here and there. Supporting a party can be done offensively and defensively. |
Offensive support is not the same thing as raw damage dealing. Offensive support is DoT enfeebles, status ailments, Acid Bolts or Demon arrows, Rampart, elemental Ninjutsu, SATA and the like. Nukes are just raw damage. +3-5 extra INT isn't going to be a dramatic boost over what you were single-wielding before.