Ragnarok.Lawsonofabiotch said:
Yeah, i usually have Uppercut set for the STR/DEX bonus, and try to set Atk Bonus when solo. Really limited on set points atm if I wanna keep Auto-Refresh. But I'll get more points in 3 levels, and hopefully I can con some LS mates into helping me get Voracious Trunk for 64 lol.
Wouldn't worry too much about trunk, at least i wouldn't set it in standard xp pt's. It's got a rather long cast time & it'd almost certainly be better for pt to get whatever enhancement it is dispelled quick imo.
Main spell you wanna make sure to get asap is frenetic rip, you can actually solo it with some luck/skill between levels of 60-63 by killing the WEAK imps in caedevra. Should con about VT to 60, but I managed them with rather mediocre gear when i levelled blu, just take echo drops. Main problem is breaking horn... I think I randomly broke it with a pinecomb bomb lmao.. After trying tons of CA crit spells & 300% vorp blades >_>
Oh and also like you said death scissors at 60 is a must, CA DS for /thf, or you can even Vorp - DS for reverberation. I actually had one pt doing that on crawlers at Lv60.. But only because I was pt'ing with a BLM friend who wanted to MB Water3.
I think at your level I was using jet stream & sickle slash as main DD spells, but I don't honestly remember my old blue magic set up, but I DID always have auto-refresh set. I also used to bring a but load of juices to every pt incase we had no rdm / incompatent rdm. Faster MP returned is better than a large mp pool. TPing in MP sucks imo, need as much Acc as you can get in gear for blu TPing at that level. One handed acc sucks. Especially when you're /thf single wielding & casting spells = slow *** TP.. You don't be missing as well.
Hope this helps a little.
Edit: @ Ager's post. I generally stayed away from Bludgeon & DD as blu on bird's, due to the fact blunt damage is generally sucky. Bludgeon lost it's touch for me as soon as I hit lesser's, I found the damage wasn't worth the 30%TP gain, even if it was only 16mp. Not saying it's a terrible choice, I just personally preferred to save my mp from that to put to use elsewhere, as generally jet stream/sickle slash/mandibular bite/death scissors even with refresh & MP drainkiss can run your mp down a bit if you're using often^^