Future Hope for a Taru BLM

[Tupoch]

What do I have to look forward to as a Tarutaru BLM? I'm at level 18, and I hear a lot of people talking about parties having no use for BLMs after level 40. What other jobs can a Taru use (effectively)? Or can I stay BLM and remain useful?

[Chirasi]

It's not has no use. It just not that useful as before. A party without BLM can still play well on high level hunting.

You won't get invitation as you used to before. Sub whm might help. And as a tarutaru also help a little bit.

[Tupoch]

Ok... I have the Taru part as well as the WHM sub....

Also, I hear Taru is good for Ninja, has anyone tried it succesfully?

[SlottyM]

dont listen to that BS, blackmages are very wanted at higher levels. I gotgroups with relative ease.

[Stryyf]

my LS has a 60 blm and he is forever getting parties
magic burst is the win bursting for 1k + is just the best.

[Chirasi]

SlottyM, ask yourself.

Is BLM a must for high level party? Nope.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying BLM is totally useless. BLM still get party at high level, but will not as popular as before.

When in low level, everyone want BLM since the damage from BLM is so awesome. But when you are in high level, there are other class can outdamage you.

Back to the time in Qufim, you almost got party invitation instantly when you put your party flag on.

Let say a high level party is forming and they already got 4 melee and 1 whm (I'm not saying this is a good party, just for an example). Which job do you think they'd like to fill up the last spot? RDM or BRD!

Let say a high level party is forming and they already got 2 melee, 1 ranger and 1 whm. If they can choose whatever job they want, which 2 job they want? RDM and BRD!

[Chirasi]

Sign. Again, we are still getting party, just not as popular as before.

And if you LS member MB with 1k+ damage, he is using ancient spell at level 60. That not worth it. It looks cool, but it's not worth it with the MP needed to cast it.

Why it's not worth it? Becuase for using ancient spell in MB, it will be BLM to start the skillchain. And when melee did not see your announcement and miss the chain, your MP wasted. And if you didn't finish the mob after the MB, mob will hit you hard. And if you wait until the last moment to start the chain in order to ensure to finish the mob, sometime your damage is wasted (overkill).

MB with Ancient spell is just not worth it.

[SlottyM]

If you think you're going to make a group without a blackmage at high level, you're clueless, and making 4 melee 1 whitemage group? yeah not a good example at all, IT NEVER HAPPENS. The only exception that could fillt he spot even remotely near acceptable is a summoner. It's like fighting in king ranperres without a monk.
4 melee and 1 whitemage? that group would never work at high level sorry, you need 3 mages 3 melee. Nothing else will get you remotely good exp, or you could say 4 blackmage a paladin and a bard, lol.

Have you even played 65 +? Lol, melee damage is CRAP, they do absolutely nothing until a lvl 3 renkei, they maybe get the mob down 20% before having enough TP.

A blackmage can kill a mob down for the group around when they get 100% tp, next mob the group lvl 3 renkeis taking it down to 50-60% Toss in asingle MB from the blackmage, (im not talking about ancients, because he said high level, and I consider that 60+) and the mob is either at 10%, 20% or dead.

Blackmages are *THE* Damage post 60. Sure you can make a group without a blackmage, but you wont ever see chain 5 repeatedly.

[SlottyM]

woops he said 40+, well 40-60 you probably can, game changes quite drastically 60+ though. and MBing for 1000+ is easy after 60, and its well worth the mp with spells other ancients imo, simply because killing themob off saves your whitemage MP, which allows your group to gain TP to do another lvl 3 chain, while you get MP. Blackmages are very wanted

I'll give you the average group break down 60+

1) Tank -> Paladin, 2nd resort is ninja war sub of 74 warrior ninja sub

2) Damage dealer) Monk, second resort thief or dark, last resort dragoon samurai
war etc etc

3) same as 2

4) Healer -> Whitemage, redmage or summoner

5) MP regen) Bard or redmage(2 redmage groups do work, as 4 and 5 overlap)

6) Damage -> Blackmage, summoner comes somewhat near but cant MB or put out damage quickly.


I hope this helps. and between 40-60?
I did 40-55 inless thana week in a set pt with 2 blackmages. we murdered mobs with magic bursts.

[SlottyM]

When in low level, everyone want BLM since the damage from BLM is so awesome. But when you are in high level, there are other class can outdamage you.

It was you saying higher level actually, name me 1 class capable of outdamaging a blackmage please. There are none, Zero, Nada. You think that sharkbite lvl 3 renkei for 1000 + 1200 is fancy? how much is the thief doing the rest of thefight, 12 damage hits? Ever seen a double "aga" MB 65+? Yeah i did 2400 damage ina single renkei chain, Find me a melee capable of that other than thief or ranger ending a renkei chain.


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and i just found the edit button! oh three postspam ;p

[Pilsbane]

Tarutaru BLM/WHM is an awesome combination. I can't speak of how blackmages do in groups past about mid-50s firsthand, but I can say they are a great help at every level up until that point and I have a pretty good idea that they will continue to be useful for the remaining levels as well.

[MidgardPlas]

I'm a Taru 49/21 BLM/WHM. I still get plenty of invites, even when I'm not seeking. Don't listen to the naysayers, BLMs have been in high demand at every stage of my FFXI career thus far and almost everything I have heard indicates it's going to continue to stay this way until lvl 75.

[Stryyf]

I think the key is making friends with people that you party with doing a job job in the party and eventualy if you party a few times with the same people they will look for you when building a PT. I get tells from friends that want me to join a PT out of the bule pretty often, And hell I am a Galka BLM

[Chirasi]

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