Black Mage Partying?

[Aksannyi]

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Not to mention FoV ... makes it even more worthwhile.

[Solymir]

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Syncing in Qufim is actually worthwhile and better exp than some of the parties at later levels. Screw the Dunes though, that shit's not even fun.

This.

Using Thunder and Blizzard on the crabs and Pugils which are weak to both elements is just good fun. Thinking about it makes me want to level my Blm.

[Aksannyi]

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Syncing in Qufim is actually worthwhile and better exp than some of the parties at later levels. Screw the Dunes though, that shit's not even fun.

[Nataka]

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I stopped playing right after ToAU came out so I haven't experienced this Level Sync thing. Theoretically, can't I just take my lvl 54 Black Mage and hang out at the Dunes waiting for a party? Then sync down when I get one?

Also...what about taking 4 of your lvl 50+ friends to the Dunes, pick up a low level character you find there, sync down to them, party until that character outgrows the Dunes, then pick up another low level character and repeat?

I guess, but why would you want to? The dunes suck. As a blm you'd be better off making a mana burn especially after everyone has their elemental staves, so 51+.

I feel so weak every time I've synced below level 51 on my BLM.

EDIT: Blegh I contributed to a necro post!

[esque]

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I stopped playing right after ToAU came out so I haven't experienced this Level Sync thing. Theoretically, can't I just take my lvl 54 Black Mage and hang out at the Dunes waiting for a party? Then sync down when I get one?

Also...what about taking 4 of your lvl 50+ friends to the Dunes, pick up a low level character you find there, sync down to them, party until that character outgrows the Dunes, then pick up another low level character and repeat?

[The Mauva Syndicate]

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Since Level Sync I've actually gotten MOAR PT invites with BLM than I did before. So much so that I have to go off and Solo skill-ups as best I can, since I've now been killing crawlers in CN for a solid month....Not a lot of excitement, but the XP is fat and tasty.

[Aksannyi]

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Since Level Sync I've gotten a few parties, one of them was an actual party and not a manaburn party. It was fun destroying imps with my nukes. For the most part, though, I'm just soloing in my spare time. I do like that I can come and go as I please.

[Ninjitsu]

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This is an interesting thread. I've just returned to FFXI recently and had to start over, and maybe I was still in line with the old way of thinking, but I always try to setup a skillchain where it makes sense and I always look for a BLM if I can find one.

So far, I haven't seen that many occasions where doing a skillchain didn't make sense (sub-50). In many cases, people are soloing weaponskills that produce skillchains anyway when timed, so why not do it when the members have the TP?

I like SC + MB PTs also because they are much less boring than mindless use of weapon skills.

The things I loved about FFXI vs other games is that there was a lot of strategy involved to produce optimum results.

[Dim Mahk]

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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 for BLM was sealed for good in the smoking crab guts splattered all over the wall.

My friend I know that feeling so so well. haveing a party of cool people that are total with you as a BLM to hold off and do there SC at the right time so you can AM that arse is GREAT. makes you want to static with them. I am so pissed off at all these selfish lazy melees that dont take advantage of a well done SC just irritates me to the bone.

es level sync get Black Mages parties?

To answer that I have had a few manaburns back down to Aywdeen crawlers, and Mt. Z crawlers a few times.

[Rothy]

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Does level sync get Black Mages parties? I haven't been in game since like the day before the level sync update and won't be able to for a few months....

It'd be nice to go to a PT w/ MBs as my BLM though....

I've had no trouble getting parties from the 24 to 50 range.

I think from 40 to 50.. I was in 3-4 parties. So there is alot better structured parties around now, looking for a BLM.

[Susurrus]

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If it is getting BLMs back into pts I might brush mine off. I'm not gonna get my hopes up tho... :/ I hate the solo BLM path. Takes a lot of the fun out of it for me.

QFT


Before campaign esp, I avoided even using my BLM as I didn't want to have to solo the exp back...

[Kyleet]

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If it is getting BLMs back into pts I might brush mine off. I'm not gonna get my hopes up tho... :/ I hate the solo BLM path. Takes a lot of the fun out of it for me.

[TheGrandMom]

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Hasn't got this blm a party.............which royally pisses me off too.

[Susurrus]

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Does level sync get Black Mages parties? I haven't been in game since like the day before the level sync update and won't be able to for a few months....

It'd be nice to go to a PT w/ MBs as my BLM though....

[Rothy]

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Sorry for the necro but..

I just recently picked up FFXI again because I finally got time. (And level sync looked sweet) I just re-read through all the advice you all posted for me and I would like to say {Thank you.}! again. Because of Level Sync, parties are now popping up in every zone and I'm getting to see whole new areas and pretty new creatures to bomb with Magic Bursts. It seems the parties that go to these off beat locations are actually experienced players and I'm getting a chance to experiment with gear, magic bursting and elemental debuffs. I would have to say.. BLM is probably the most fun I have ever done on FFXI and even though the spells are expensive, I would never trade it in for anything.