Leviathan.Tamian said:
Just wanted to share my misery lol... oh btw, can you recommend a good guide on how to play BLU on Pts? To be honest I've been playing it basically "meleeing" and using head butt, wild oats, bludgeon, foot kick, power attack, metallic body and cocoon.
Drop Bludgeon, Foot Kick, Power Attack, and Metallic Body. Cocoon is mostly unnecessary if your party has solid hate control but otherwise it's a lifesaver. Offensive Blue Magic gains damage as your Blue Magic Skill rises, but there's a cap on this benefit that is reached 15 levels or so after you learn the move. So basically, Bludgeon capped out back around the mid-30s; Foot Kick and Power Attack capped even earlier.
I'd opt for Sickle Slash and maybe also Mandibular Bite for damage at your level, preferably paired with SA and CA if possible. RLB-Sickle Slash makes Gravitation if you need to burst MP Drainkiss for MP. Bring a Dark or Pluto's Staff to use with MP Drainkiss... you'll have just used up your TP anyway and it helps so much. Beyond that I typically focus on light sword DoT, Head Butt to stun-lock, enfeebling when viable, and support curing if necessary. Frightful Roar and Filamented Hold are good choices provided they actually land on the target mob and AoE isn't an issue. Filamented Hold is cone AoE so even if you're surrounded just turn around to make it single-target. Don't forget Refueling!
Lower levels the spells change but the principle stays the same. I completely dropped using Bludgeon after getting Jet Stream and opted for /THF when possible for SACA Uppercut and then later Mandibular Bite, Sickle Slash, Death Scissors... up until I could /NIN in EXP again come 74/75.
Leviathan.Tamian said:
If I can do campaign battle and get 1k-1.5k exp a run I'll do that instead of soloing... the problem is to get the next 8 levels to 60...
I can live with getting 10k exp every 2-3 hours from campaign battle plus the allied notes that I need for my PLD gear.
The question is: can I get that from campaign at BLU60?
I don't know about if you can playing offensively, though you likely could with /THF if you're careful about hate control and don't try to solo anything. You could /WHM or /SCH and focus on cures and enfeebling as an alternative.