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Re: Honestly, a dd?
If you're 48 and don't have your promies done yet... slow down on the leveling and work on your CoP missions.
The whole reason SE tried doing level capped missions like that was so that people didn't have to have a 75 job just to start the missions; you can do them as you rise through the levels. Having Sea access is extremely important for BLU once you get to be 70+, and if you're already almost 50 and not even started on CoP, that's not a good sign. It's no big deal for other jobs to get to 75 without Sea, but with BLU, if you're 72+ and don't have Sea, that's like a level 60 PLD not having any of their AF. Can you still do your job decently? Sure; but you're missing out on some of your most useful stuff, and people *will* call you gimp for it.
But like others have mentioned, you can fairly easily get Refueling in Mount Zhayolm. I got it there myself, and I'd had Riverne access since long before BLU even came out. It's just easier, in my opinion, since you don't have to worry about level caps. Any 75 job that is fairly decent at soloing can solo the clusters there (they are only DC at 75), so getting help isn't too much of a chore. Not to mention the clusters are right outside the staging point, so travel time is pretty much nil.
As for when to stop using Bludgeon, I stopped using it somewhere in the mid to late 40s, personally. Though it is still awesome for the 50 cap (nation) mission 5-1 fight, seeing as you fight a skeleton for that. At your level, your better spells would be Jet Stream, Mandibular Bite, and Sickle Slash. Death Scissors and Dimensional Death are decent at 60, though I didn't find myself using Dimensional Death very much, and Death Scissors seemed medicore when not used with Sneak Attack, to me. Spiral Spin is also at 60, but being as that's a new spell, I can't speak for how it would be at 60, since I was 75 long before it was added. When I first learned it, though, I tried setting Death Scissors and Spiral Spin and using them both on the Ladybugs I had been learning from, and Spiral Spin seemed slightly better for me. Death Scissors gains more damage with TP, however, where Spiral Spin does not. I'd say Spiral Spin is probably better for general casting, with Death Scissors being better for use with Chain Affinity. But I digress; after that, your good DD spells would mainly be Frenetic Rip, Hysteric Barrage, Cannonball, and Disseverment. Spinal Cleave and Vertical Cleave are nice for CASA too, though. Oh, and Seedspray may be worth looking in to; like Spiral Spin, it's a new spell, so I don't have experience with it at lower levels, only at 75, where it has become kinda mediocre. And I wouldn't worry too much if you can't get Asuran Claws before 70; honestly, dispite being a 6-hit spell, it's really crappy. I do better damage with Frenetic Rip... >.>
If you're 48 and don't have your promies done yet... slow down on the leveling and work on your CoP missions.
The whole reason SE tried doing level capped missions like that was so that people didn't have to have a 75 job just to start the missions; you can do them as you rise through the levels. Having Sea access is extremely important for BLU once you get to be 70+, and if you're already almost 50 and not even started on CoP, that's not a good sign. It's no big deal for other jobs to get to 75 without Sea, but with BLU, if you're 72+ and don't have Sea, that's like a level 60 PLD not having any of their AF. Can you still do your job decently? Sure; but you're missing out on some of your most useful stuff, and people *will* call you gimp for it.But like others have mentioned, you can fairly easily get Refueling in Mount Zhayolm. I got it there myself, and I'd had Riverne access since long before BLU even came out. It's just easier, in my opinion, since you don't have to worry about level caps. Any 75 job that is fairly decent at soloing can solo the clusters there (they are only DC at 75), so getting help isn't too much of a chore. Not to mention the clusters are right outside the staging point, so travel time is pretty much nil.
As for when to stop using Bludgeon, I stopped using it somewhere in the mid to late 40s, personally. Though it is still awesome for the 50 cap (nation) mission 5-1 fight, seeing as you fight a skeleton for that.
At your level, your better spells would be Jet Stream, Mandibular Bite, and Sickle Slash. Death Scissors and Dimensional Death are decent at 60, though I didn't find myself using Dimensional Death very much, and Death Scissors seemed medicore when not used with Sneak Attack, to me. Spiral Spin is also at 60, but being as that's a new spell, I can't speak for how it would be at 60, since I was 75 long before it was added. When I first learned it, though, I tried setting Death Scissors and Spiral Spin and using them both on the Ladybugs I had been learning from, and Spiral Spin seemed slightly better for me. Death Scissors gains more damage with TP, however, where Spiral Spin does not. I'd say Spiral Spin is probably better for general casting, with Death Scissors being better for use with Chain Affinity. But I digress; after that, your good DD spells would mainly be Frenetic Rip, Hysteric Barrage, Cannonball, and Disseverment. Spinal Cleave and Vertical Cleave are nice for CASA too, though. Oh, and Seedspray may be worth looking in to; like Spiral Spin, it's a new spell, so I don't have experience with it at lower levels, only at 75, where it has become kinda mediocre. And I wouldn't worry too much if you can't get Asuran Claws before 70; honestly, dispite being a 6-hit spell, it's really crappy. I do better damage with Frenetic Rip... >.>
I wish I had known that when leveling BLU. I would level BLU all over again on my taru char, if I choose to level it, with the things I know now.
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