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BLM:59 WHM:54 Summoner: 30 WAR:56 THF:69

Well I am about to say goodbye to this gear. At 60 I am going to get to use my Wizard's Petasos hat and will be using that with my old Black Cotehardie which I just stopped using for my THF. I really like the way he looks in this setup though, very Shantotto-like I think, heh. I need to figure out what pants would go good though. I already have the AF hands and feet which I think are good til 75 imo but what pants to use? Hmmm. I am thinking of using Silk slacks at 62 since they are white and I think I am just gonna use the White Pants with my Black Cote until then, but who knows, it may look like crap.

I like my BLM to look good since I know that really your use of spells is what makes a difference in a party, so I don't fret too much about extra MP or Evasion stuff really. It's nice sometimes to have a BLM over-nuke the mob and have the mob come over and try to whack a Taru BLM who has his evasion maxed. I know that many other people prob don't have their evasion capped as BLM but since my main job is THF, I usually get hit 1 out of 3 times on DC mobs. This mainly cuz I use Drone Earrings and cuz my AF feet gear(Wizard's Sabots) add even more AGI, plus Tarutarus have high AGI naturally, which makes them good as THFs btw.

Against IT creatures it's very important to have high Elemental and Enfeebling skill if you want your spells to stick but since usually you have an RDM there refreshing you and casting enfeebles you might not need to worry about that part. I have noticed that what really makes the difference in a party is damage. You gotta be able to stick the BIG DMG spells so that you don't waste your time and MP in a party. To do that you are going to HAVE to have the MUST-HAVE-it AF Gloves(Wizard's Gloves). They give elemental skill +15. I believe this skill allows your spells to do more damage although the ability to stick the spells is also affected by this too. I usually toggle with /equip macros the Dark Staff(which allows you to rest for +10mp per tick) and the Ice Staff(which gives a +10 elemental skill bonus). I have noticed often that when my spells get resisted, it's because of my doofusness of forgeting to switch back to the Ice Staff after resting.

If you are an RDM and are reading this and ever get the urge to cast Frost Rasp Drown on the mob because you think you are being thorough, please don't. RDMs may have high elemental skill perhaps compared to other jobs but to try to stick an elemental spell on a mob when a BLM is present is just dumb. It's like me trying to cast enfeebs when a RDM is present. It's just redundant and stupid. I was partying the other day and what I normally do before I switch to my Ice Staff is cast a Blind spell since it is a Dark Skill based spell and my Dark Staff makes sticking those more effective. I sometimes will get off a Stun too just to be skill up Dark skill but I have found that this REALLY pisses the mob off and if you are a THF trying to get SATA off, this really probably pisses YOU off. lol So, I have stopped doing Stun at the start. Anyways to continue, after that I will switch to Ice Staff then and either cast Frost to give the melees a chance to build TP and then switch to Burn when it runs out, or I will straight out cast Burn and then Choke if the skillchain is almost ready to go or we are fighting easier mobs and the fights are not lasting very long.

I was in a party yesterday and an RDM was casting Frost Rasp Drown at the start of every fight, and though he was saving me a lot of time since I didn't have to cast those spells, my Burn was never ready for my MB cuz Burn can't be cast in concert with those spells. I thought I was gonna choke him!

BLMing is like the BEST job. Every party should have a BLM cuz it just makes everyone happy to see the fireworks go off close the end of a fight. Even when I'm just a THF running around doing my candy-poke Shark Bite ws to mob, I gotta go WOW when I see a slam-dunk Firaga III Magic Burst(MB) blast the mob for like a thousand dmg. Sometimes I wish I wasn't so close to the mob so I could get a better view.

I can already wear my Black Cote at 59 but I think I am just gonna save it until I reach 60 and then sell off this entire gear. Not once have I partied in a zone that was under Bastokian control to where the bonuses of the +1 actually helped me. Still, I like the way it looks.

ON a final note, I was partying as BLM the other day with people who didn't want to do a skillchain. Is it just me or does every other BLM reading this also want to immediately D2 ALL OF THEIR BUTTS TO THEIR HP?