BLMs without Sleep!

[Navia]

Originally posted by Kirara
haha... i am level 71 blackmage (almost 72) and i don't have sleep, i do have sleep2 sleepga and sleepga2 though... at lower level i don't subbest the use of sleep, it can cause a lot of shit for the blm...

Alot of shit for the blm? A vast majority of BLM already might as well be tanking because they cant manage aggro for shit already.
I can barely rely on blm/whm for backup healing as it is, its a miracle if i get one in party that knows elemental seal+sleep is good for controlling an extra monster or uses the proper elemental spells on monsters :p.
I'd punt a BLM from a party in a heartbeat if they didnt have sleep/sleepga.
Sorry i'm alittle pissed at the black mages i've had in my parties lately
:sweat:

[Talindra]

I'm not afraid of using sleep when there's a linked mob running for my party. On the other hand, if there's a RDM or DRK in my party, they will try to sleep adds first since they can take a hit better .

I have also had problems with melee attacking linked mobs when I sleep them though. My macro tells my party not to hit the mob and they sometimes still hit it.:sweat:

[fate_of_fantasy]

on this skipping spells thing i was wondering how viable it was... i mean i am lvl 26 blm wiht EVERY spell except for poisonga and ice spikes... i also level whm to 17 already and have all the spells through 17 for that... i think if your a mage then you should by your spells its almost a responsibility... But the reason i didnt get poisonga is i doubt that i would need to use that adn i didnt get ice spikes cause it costs 20k (diabolos) and i know i can fight teh pirates on the ship at a higher level and they drop it. (i also rarely use blazespikes...)

[Discordian]

When they have already switched to a new target it takes a couple seconds to switch back. It gets hard for a melee. On the bright side they are at least trying to keep it off of you.

I doubt you'll be worrying about poisonga anytime soon. Icespikes arn't dropped by the pirates, its dropped by the Phantom. Only appears at night between 10-4 and is a ghost type. I've tried forever to get that scroll, no papyrus.