hello people is it just me?

[neontsukasha]

Heya im just wondering am i really all that bad a blm? i mean i DO suck at getting money and that is why im missing so many spells. i just get so overwhelmed lol it would take 114k to get me all my missing spells. Should i just give up and go to a new job?

[neontsukasha]

oh

and as for what it says about 16 thats old i just hadnt changed it yet

[Weslypipes]

I dont think you need to quit the job. Just need to stop being lazy and farm. And yes id have to say you suck missing that many spells.

[neontsukasha]

hey

i do i kno... my friend just tried blm got it to 18 and is a better blm then i ever was T_T so im going to do my hardest im gonna farm ALOT and fish ALOT to get my spells and possibly a new tunic, and what spells do i absolutely neeD? what ones do i not neeD?

[Gavin]

Get them all

[cld]

yes you should get them almost all (poisonga and poisonII not neccessarily needed), which means a lot of farming...

a blm w/o spells and good gear is kinda worthless imho, sorry...

i know it's hard and often boring to farm gil, but you'll have to do this as almost every job to get decent equipment, it's just how the game is designed.

[neontsukasha]

Hey

Yea i kinda figured that but i guess if u wanna continue a path you have to sometimes make ways, and the way i have to make is to farm crawlers and get spell by spell it will take some time but ill get there and then ill be a good black mage

[Epsilon]

Farm & Craft. I usually go on and off with crafting depending on how desperate I am for a spell that doesn't require a quest. Craft a few hours with a ton of crystals, stock up AH, sell any 12 stacks of stuff found on monsters and go back to leveling.

[Erasmus]

None of the poison spells are needed, Warp should be the last spell you get since it only helps you, but it is very neccesary. You dont need any of the spike spells for a long while. The spells that you ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE in order to not completely suck are:

All elemental debuffs, and dmg spells ( except stonega2.. useless)
Warp + Warp2
**All the sleep spells** almost as important as dmg spells.
Drain + Aspir.

Drain is the most dmg:mp efficient spell in the game. In higher lvls you can drain 250 HP for 21 mp. And btw... drain does the dmg even if you are at full health.

You also need you subjob spells.

IF whm or rdm

protect
shell
current cure spell
status cures if available

[nfinity.fX]

dun be lazy. a blm needs all spells. if u dun have all spells do sth abt it

[Bamce Sylph]

certain spells, drain, aspir mainly are quested, so u dont' have to buy them

[cld]

^^ well, depends... i doubt a windurstian lvl12 has already enough fame in sandy plus rank3 (or last rank2 mission active) which is a requirement for the drain quest in sandy.
i just bought it at that lvl and quested for it later when i had the fame & rank.

[sudo]

do you really need the AOE damage spells?

I got them but I never use them just cause I'll probably agro a bunch of things and die a horribly fast death not to mention that the damage vs MP consumed ratio is horrible. I'd rather cast 2 single target damage spells than use AOE ones.

So far they've been good for farming sometimes but that's about it. Any higher blm have different experiences?

[Coinspinner]

The -Ga spells are good for Magic Bursting. I've never found them useful for farming.

[AtraposBLM]

Originally posted by Coinspinner
The -Ga spells are good for Magic Bursting. I've never found them useful for farming.

Agreed. The times you CAN mb with -ga are limited as well, but when you can...oh man does the damage reflect it. Firaga III for well over 1k damage on a burst...blizzaga III for something around 1300 damage on a burst...

Basically...-ga's make things deaded fast.