06-04-2008, 06:25 AM | #16 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 46 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 7 Thanked 7x in 3 Posts Gil: 3,415 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 3,415 Donate | Re: Black Mage Partying? Heh, hadn't checked back in a bit. Yeah the :52 is a call timer. Sometimes leader's won't even bother to put the ":" in front of the numbers, so you might just see digits that appear random like "09". Timed nukes are essential in several scenarios, so getting used to that and being ready for it is good.
Good call on the /RDM vs /WHM. That can muck up your timers a bit. I've done it enough I can compensate, but its a feel thing really...you have to DO it to learn it.
BLM is friggin awesome in low parties btw. The buffs crabs and beetles throw up (depending on where you are XPing) can be tough to deal with since a lot of low PTs won't have a dispeller. You can blow right through that, and then aspir back your MP adding insult to injury! Never underestimate the power of elemental debuffs like burn, shock, choke, etc too. Those are nice DoT and debuff the mob as well.
Man I miss old-school BLM ; ; Mains: 75 RNG/MNK/BLM/BLU/NIN/SAM
Proud Sackholder: Celestial Guardians, Legacy of Old | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 06-04-2008, 07:02 AM | #17 (permalink) | | King of the Oompa Loompas Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,339 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 10 Thanked 115x in 94 Posts Gil: 24,452 Bank: 35,810 Total Gil: 60,262 Donate | Re: Black Mage Partying? Originally Posted by Andrinor | | Man I miss old-school BLM ; ; | I miss magic bursts. > .>; | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 06-04-2008, 07:14 AM | #18 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 46 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 7 Thanked 7x in 3 Posts Gil: 3,415 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 3,415 Donate | Re: Black Mage Partying? Originally Posted by Mog | | I miss magic bursts. > .>; | The first time I was in Kuftal and called a SC start time during my Freeze cast for the melee (does anyone even know how to do THAT anymore?), watched the Distortion land on a crab with 50% hp, and then watched the crab freaking DISAPPEAR when my Freeze MB landed? That was the day my <3 for BLM was sealed for good in the smoking crab guts splattered all over the wall.  Mains: 75 RNG/MNK/BLM/BLU/NIN/SAM
Proud Sackholder: Celestial Guardians, Legacy of Old | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 06-04-2008, 07:17 AM | #19 (permalink) | | King of the Oompa Loompas Oracle of Knowledge Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3,339 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 10 Thanked 115x in 94 Posts Gil: 24,452 Bank: 35,810 Total Gil: 60,262 Donate | Re: Black Mage Partying? Originally Posted by Andrinor | The first time I was in Kuftal and called a SC start time during my Freeze cast for the melee (does anyone even know how to do THAT anymore?), watched the Distortion land on a crab with 50% hp, and then watched the crab freaking DISAPPEAR when my Freeze MB landed? That was the day my <3 for BLM was sealed for good in the smoking crab guts splattered all over the wall. | lol i remember that. Had to make a macro just right for casting freeze and calling when melee should skillchain. Good times. | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 06-04-2008, 07:27 AM | #20 (permalink) | | Knowledge Vending Machine Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Bastok Mines Posts: 677 Style: Light - Version 6 Thanks: 106 Thanked 80x in 48 Posts Gil: 3,947 Bank: 29,680 Total Gil: 33,628 Donate | Re: Black Mage Partying? I actually remember being the skillchain closer for MBs like that, though in my case it was in the early ToAU days, we were fighting Lesser Colibri in Wajaom Woodlands, and we had two BLMs and an RDM in the party. We'd DoT the bird down to 50%-ish, and then it would die. This was before it was expected that BLMs should solo 50-75...  Kumei, pickpocket of Midgardsormr (Bastok, Rank 8)
THF75, DRK60, NIN40, WAR37, RNG35, DNC35, WHM32, BLM20, RDM14, DRG12, BST8, BRD7, PUP4, SCH4
Alchemy 70, Smithing 50, Goldsmithing 38, Leathercraft 22, Fishing 16
Koren, San d'Orian Adventurer (Rank 6)
WHM51, SMN31, SCH26, BLM26, NIN21, RNG1
Woodworking 29, Cooking 11
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BLM18, WHM6
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WAR28, MNK16, WHM13, BLM3 | | ::Quote Selected:: | | 06-05-2008, 08:27 AM | #21 (permalink) | | Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 46 Style: Light - Version 6 My Mood: Thanks: 7 Thanked 7x in 3 Posts Gil: 3,415 Bank: 0 Total Gil: 3,415 Donate | Re: Black Mage Partying? Originally Posted by Mog | | lol i remember that. Had to make a macro just right for casting freeze and calling when melee should skillchain. Good times. | btw, for those interested in doing this (and I recommend ANY BLM in the 50s try it when they get freeze and are in Kuftal) I used this macro (or close, don't recall the exact wording):
/p Freeze {Start Button}, Get ready to Skillchain!
/ma "Freeze" <t>
/wait 4
/p Start Skillchain NOW! <random annoying call #>
The wait 4 is a solid starting point, which you can increase or decrease a bit based on how quickly your PT executes the SC. Call this SC somewhere around 50% and you should one-shot whatever is left of the mob by the time your cast goes off. If you call it earlier....well, prepare to tank  . Now all you have to do is convince melee to make a distortion chain for you, and you're gold. Mains: 75 RNG/MNK/BLM/BLU/NIN/SAM
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