BLU At 99, Outside Abyssea: Misconceptions?

Well I know it can kill you. But if say, you have Stoneskin from a WHM cure I'm pretty sure stoneskin will eat some of the damage first, then +10% will get added after. Maybe not on Deathgnash specifically because that puts your HP to 1, not sure if stoneskin will do anything. I could just be talking out of my *** though, I dunno lol.

Hmmm. This same spread sheet is showing that Chiv Chain increases DPS for 460 delay and 16 Store TP (before Chain) by a significant amount more than Rancor since it bumps me up an attack round, not to mention the STR on swings, I guess. With Almace, Houyi's Gorget beats it. Portus beats both though. That said, I'm starting to question the legitimacy of this spreadsheet. haha

Challenge accepted!

Do work, son.

1. It's a fantastic weapon for blue mage and useable in almost every event blue mage can go to. Most people treat it like a trophy weapon and use the wrong gear, swords, subjobs and give the 85 version a very bad reputation like other 85 weapons which gives the impression of the quote i put directly below it because most people with REM don't use the weapons to the fullest potential which makes other players think it's the weapon's fault or level. The base 85 weapon is buffered more by the additional trials you complete add onto the abilities it offers. A difference of 4 base and 5 dex added onto the 85 weapon shouldn't mean you're weapon is useful now, it's a solid upgrade if said person was believing that they were bad with an 85 sword and suddenly better with the 90 version I can guarantee you that they're still bad or they aren't aware of what their numbers really are. Requiescat has been explained why it is useful but not superior to CDC however

2. Speaking in your current situation for no almace, you'll have to try different builds and see how well you can manage your mp. If you're in abbsyea MM atma should have all your needs for keeping your mp up I can't recommend using mavi +2 body for general tp purpose if you have your oce + toci combo to melee in. If you find yourself using a lot of mp you have to factor in why and where is that mp being used for and if it's feasible.

Once you get your almace the idea is to ween yourself off of mm atma in abbsyea and manage your occultation use and reserving your strongest dd spells for Ca or Efflux normally; because of the sword's ability you're dealing more damage at the cost of less mp and casting less not to mess up your ODD tp phase to your next ws unless it's with CA/Efflux.


Covered most of this in point 1., just be careful you'd really be surprised how much weight you'll be pulling if you're subbing /war and using your abilities correctly and without being in the dd party (voidwatch)


I can't really see any problems with this weaponskill set against most mobs, it's pretty good and waiting on nni/prov gear that you're looking into to make it even stronger.


Covered this already but your first sentence is vague and not entirely true, I'm inclined to believe you're leaning too much information from parsing and not considering the player factor, situation,etc.


Prothescar explained pretty well why Almace is fantastic and I'll expand on that, due to dDex (and dex spells) I sit on 35~40 crit rate on most monsters in vw and capped accuracy allowing me to eat meat for almost any mob. It goes a very long way and keeps you from using alternative gear to make your hits land. Comparing parses from my Kikoku to my Almace there is a drastic difference in crit rate and acc I have to make up for(regardless my 99 kikoku beats my 90 almace by a good margin).

I remember my own cdcs would average 2.4k and req. 2.2k for NNI(before i got nni gear) with rcb, voidwatch CDC on stuff like Kaggen pulls 1.2k average with no food Qilin for 1.6k without food also. I only use Req. to break shields so no data there unfortunately.

(and no I'm not implying that your averages are wrong or off also just my figures for the op to look at)

Regardless weaponskills aren't the biggest factor when it comes to damage dealing for 1 handers it's in the DPS, just because we got stronger weaponskills in the past 2 years doesn't mean we forget or negate it with or without almace.



In short, if you're going to make it do it justice and not use some weird sub and make the rest of the people that know how look bad then don't bother. It takes quite a bit of work(and luck) with vw to make it work well, in your case however you should notice a positive impact on your results when you get your almace with the set you have (assuming your tp phase is good also).

Good luck!

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Trying to get Ghadhab Nails to hold me off until Thaumus. Not going so well. People only seem to wait to do Qilin, Kaggen, Pil, or Ig-Alima, or high tier Jeuno progression on this server. lol

May have to start your own shout, which is something I absolutely despise doing but sometimes the shouts you want are never around when you need them.

Your TP and WS sets look very good for pre NNI sets. I don't think you'll be disappointed when you finish your almace.

My Almace is currently 85 and I feel like I put up some pretty good numbers with it.

Hit up to 2k (I don't know my average but it should be around 1.3k) on Uptala as /PLD, no food, just temps, two atmacites and a light DD spellset (see Proth's VW Lite in the BLU guide).

It very much depends on the set you use for CdC.

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I think this is a pretty good set lacking NNI or certain top-notch Voidwatch drops, just something to aim for.

Not necessary by any means but if you feel up for it you can augment your dusk +1 with sky augments from the Eraser nm. I have acc +4 on mine but I got lucky.

Oh, yeah, I know. I'm just dreading it since I'm still new to VW (just came back since before VW hit) and I don't want to make a major *** of myself. Already felt stupid enough the other day when I joined a Bismarck shout without realizing it was on one of the islands and held my group up over a half hour. lol

that's not that uncommon, thank god i got everything i needed off him in about 10 kills.

Yeah, the Byrne is entirely replaceable for my DRK anyway. I really just want the neck piece for my cure potency build (Mostly for BLU, but also for SMN). So at least that has a somewhat decent drop rate. But I'm gunna have to shout for Athos hands too, unfortunately. I've only ever seen 1 shout for those since I came back. Lol Not even convinced they're worth it since Myr gloves mostly replace them ad seem reasonable to get. Could be very very wrong though.

This may be off topic but wondering blu in (Salvage II) anyone tryed and if so is it usefull or worth it to have one? Many pro/cons to it. i can see where blu may struggle at times but also be very handy. Most go apoc drk or mnks with a whm. Been debating it but have yet to attempt it. (whm, blu + apoc drk) think it be good or bad?

Blu performs well in salvage, I tank as blu in every run, haven't had any problems at all.

athos hands are the best ws hands for the appropriate days and are beaten by myrmex on off days

athos hands are also great casting hands until you get myrmex and applicable after pending on the secondary mods of the spell in question since myrmex is str/dex

Freakin' Myrmex... I need to find a group that can actually beat Seductive Radiance.

Them things don't exist :(

Blu destroys Bhaflau Remnant II with sleepga, high damage output and requiescat to bypass Cerberus' DT- generation. Wings of Promy. is a godsend for our whm as it has a really short recast time to quickly take off debuffs from bilgestorm/cackle in Silver Sea. The only issue we've recently run into is Hydra as he likes to really draw out a battle but other than that Blu is excellent.

The draw to blu is that it can do nearly everything really good while outputting high damage. They're perfect in low man situations.

Took me like 7months of Prov to get mine and now Iv thrown away 3 pairs since i got them :P sorry everyone lol i even posted a SS to my fellow friends who cant seem to get them. This is for all the myrmexless souls who slap the Trove every run :O
http://www.ffxiah.com/screenshots/69143

way to post a SS out of spite for everybody that wants em. That proves what exactly? That's weak man lol

That proves ima *** and that they do exsist lol

You no a person named Fuzzymomma? I lost my 1st char (fenrir) when i started this char years back i started on odin n transferred back to fenrir after a year. Wondering if they still play cant remember anyone from there besides fuzzy

Don't know em sorry.

He has a picture of a sports car for his icon, I expect dickery. :P

I welcome pictures of drops since it proves they do exist. :x

yeah but that one is him dropping it to get another... kind of dickish lol

I saw it. Don't care, just like every other shot of people dropping stuff. :P

Just to chip in, and it's a completely different beast, but I lowman the old school Salvage on my BLU and it works extremely well, so I could imagine it'd be similar on Salvage II. Probably use more resources, cast more, think more, get frustrated more, etc. But it's good to hear BLU will work once we're on Salvage II.

Also: Are Myrmex gloves really harder to deal with than Athos Gloves's shitty drop rate? Ugh.

Athos' gloves are listed on FFXIDB as a 2.8% drop rate, and I've heard the droprate on Myrmex is similar to that of pulse weapons, so yes, they really are harder to deal with. Especially since for some reason the same person will get them over and over.