Whm/pld?

[excaliburefire]

Hey Guys,

I checked the stats for a White Mage/Paladin and it seem to be fairly high in MP, STR, MND with an Elvann that is. Do you think this will be a good combo? Basically I want to be able to heal but also have some good melee strengh.

[Jei]

whm will never do good melee in a levelling up group. /pld might help strengthen you when you solo tho. but then you're giving up some very useful magics such as Desion(Warp) Drain and aspire... which you will never want to part from

[excaliburefire]

I just thought that because Paladin has some magic which raises MP would be good but I guess not. I'm going to start playing tonight and just wanted to know what would be good with WhM. I know that most of the posts are saying black mage or summoner. I went to that FFXI calculator and it seems WhM/PLD did a good combo.

[Jei]

don't trust the stat calcucaltor. stats won't help you survive. it's your magics and abilities that keep you alive.

let's see what pld can give you
- shield bash. stuns enemies a bit
- some hp and defense. a little mp.
- some defense boost ability.
- access to better sword WS, but whm can't use sword.
- no additional magics. all magics a PLD can use, whm can already use

compare to what blm can give you
- tons more MP. i'd say mopre than 150 MP than /pld at high level.
- no HP or defense boost. More MP means a lot. You cast Cure 2 for example, 24 MP for 90HP. Really really worth the trade off for lower HP.
- Clear Mind to help you regen MP faster. MP conserve which let you use less MP when you cast. Lv15 ability that makes your spell a 100% non-resist.
- no bonus to any weapons
- Many m,any additinal magics. Escape to let you exit from any dungeons, Desion(Warp) to instantly warp back to home point, Drain to steal HP, aspire to steal MP, Stat reduction spells, damage shield such as Blaze spike or Ice spike. Sleep to put linking monsters to sleep.

Even if BLM gives you no boost to melee but consider WHM's best tool is their magic, BLM gives much more survival ability to a whm. Very flexible with many many magics to get you out of trouble.
And WHM's skill to use hammers is already good. with out needing help from a PLD.

[Gokulos]

Wow thx Jei. That what i needed. What BLM rally give to you.
And will you make a new journal ? You JPN one was soo cool