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Conserving MP and other tips
This is a repost from another thread since when I leveled up Dragoon to 30 I noticed how many BLM were not doing this and I've also seen other BLMs my level not conserving there MP.
(This was in the BLM chain cast = dead thread; after playing I think it is important enough to merit a new thread... if you don't think so then don't read
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Usually I cast a few enfeebles and then chain cast the rest of the fight against a monster's weakness. but that is only because crawlers aren't weak to any of my -II spells. If I was fighting something weak against fire + earth and chain casted my -II spells I would get agro. Knowledge is power in this game... I cannot stress enough how important it is to conserve your MP (I usually end fights with 200 MP and then have enough time to regen up to 500 and still get xp chain #4 with refresh casted). Remember to save at least 200 MP incase you have to elemental seal > Sleep > escape.
Random Tip: Keep a BLM enfeeble on at all times ^^ (they don't stack I usually use Frost)
I even did an informal test on this and casted all my spells except the weakness (it was an LS party) and the downtime increased VERY dramatically. I'll tell you why. When a spell gets resisted it usually does 1/4 damage of your MP casted or 2:1 dmg/mp. Therefore with Fire II for example instead of doing 210 damage I am doing 105 damage or 15 damage. Every time I do this the damage dealers need to make up for that 100~190 dmg and therefore the tank has to take more hits. Guess what ? Then the WHM has to heal more and uses up more MP. This results in more downtime. We were only able to get to xp chain #2 when I didn't use weakness... and I just used neutral spells. Imagine how bad it would be if I was going against that mob's weakness.
Conclusion : A BLM can control A LOT as to whether the party is good or bad depending on his or her experience and knowledge. All the parties I've been in have almost always got to xp chain four (on IT) even with a DRG tanking and then I hear about other members always complaining because they are having a hard time chaining VTs to #3. I'm not saying I'm some uber black mage or anything.. I just know my role and play it how it's supposed to be while a lot of other BLM (my level) are just power leveling and not really thinking about efficiency and what not. I can understand why a person would only party with a BLM he/she knows.
Hope this helps all you up and coming BLMs and if anyone wants to point out anything wrong feel free; I still love to learn.
(This was in the BLM chain cast = dead thread; after playing I think it is important enough to merit a new thread... if you don't think so then don't read
)Usually I cast a few enfeebles and then chain cast the rest of the fight against a monster's weakness. but that is only because crawlers aren't weak to any of my -II spells. If I was fighting something weak against fire + earth and chain casted my -II spells I would get agro. Knowledge is power in this game... I cannot stress enough how important it is to conserve your MP (I usually end fights with 200 MP and then have enough time to regen up to 500 and still get xp chain #4 with refresh casted). Remember to save at least 200 MP incase you have to elemental seal > Sleep > escape.
Random Tip: Keep a BLM enfeeble on at all times ^^ (they don't stack I usually use Frost)
I even did an informal test on this and casted all my spells except the weakness (it was an LS party) and the downtime increased VERY dramatically. I'll tell you why. When a spell gets resisted it usually does 1/4 damage of your MP casted or 2:1 dmg/mp. Therefore with Fire II for example instead of doing 210 damage I am doing 105 damage or 15 damage. Every time I do this the damage dealers need to make up for that 100~190 dmg and therefore the tank has to take more hits. Guess what ? Then the WHM has to heal more and uses up more MP. This results in more downtime. We were only able to get to xp chain #2 when I didn't use weakness... and I just used neutral spells. Imagine how bad it would be if I was going against that mob's weakness.
Conclusion : A BLM can control A LOT as to whether the party is good or bad depending on his or her experience and knowledge. All the parties I've been in have almost always got to xp chain four (on IT) even with a DRG tanking and then I hear about other members always complaining because they are having a hard time chaining VTs to #3. I'm not saying I'm some uber black mage or anything.. I just know my role and play it how it's supposed to be while a lot of other BLM (my level) are just power leveling and not really thinking about efficiency and what not. I can understand why a person would only party with a BLM he/she knows.
Hope this helps all you up and coming BLMs and if anyone wants to point out anything wrong feel free; I still love to learn.