Ungodly Hate

[Miriamel]

I thought Blink saves you two or even three hits... it's a lv19 spell, anyway. Also consider getting Stoneskin at lv28. ^^ Very handy tools.

[Taga]

If choice between white or black mage to be enfeeblers most people ask the BLM at my level. This is because we have a lot more MP and we have elemental enfeebles. Oh and WHM/BLM have the same level of enfeebling skill but BLM can use Bio/elemental enfeebles effectively whereas WHM can't. Of course, a red mage solves this issue most of the time plus they have refesh =) (I'm addicted to that spell)

[FFXI_brandon]

I'm always scolding RDM's to heal...

[locus]

In reply to Taga:

Choke, Rasp, Frost, Burn, Drown, Shock: These are all ELEMENTAL magic debuffs. When you cast them, the success rate and duration is dependant on your ELEMENTAL skill, not your enfeebling skill.

Dia is Enfeebling, not divine.
Bio is DARK, not Enfeebling.

Slow, Paralyze, Silence are white magic spells and hence their effectiveness depends on MND, rather than INT. Black mages have C+ in enfeebling, white mages are C. The difference is 5 points at level 75. Their difference in MND vs INT is much more than 10 points at level 75. 2 points of MND = 1 point of skill.
Net result: White mages are better at Slow, Paralyze and Silence than black mages are.

The reason why people will ask the black mage to debuff isn't because the black mage has more MP. Black magic spells are much more expensive than white magic spells and are generally used sparingly - the black mage does NOT blast magic all over the place at the start of a battle. The white mage should be busy with Cures and Regen (you can't cure and debuff at the same time, not that I need to point this out), so in order to give the black mage something to do with low hate, the black mage usually casts debuffs until it is magic burst time, or the monster has low hp.

Bio also overwrites Dia, so for god's sake watch where you throw that thing.