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Which are your "Ugh!!!" Spells?
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By Odin.Zicdeh 2011-06-26 16:01:05
Not blu, but I helped a BLU get Spinal cleav... well, it'd be more accurate to say I helped her never get Spinal Cleav. 8 days for 4+hours and gave up.
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Ragnarok.Tigerfury
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By Ragnarok.Tigerfury 2011-06-26 16:02:49
Pinecone bomb!
After about 24 solid hours over a week of failing to learn this, I was so pissed I deleted my character of 5 years. Three 75 jobs, gone because of Blue Mage. I started over a couple weeks later, and eventually got my original guy back through Return to Vana'diel campaign. Blue Mage can suck it. Never again.
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By Fenrir.Nightfyre 2011-06-26 16:04:02
Refueling was by far my worst spell, especially since it was a "need" spell and couldn't really be solo'd back when I was leveling (uncapping Riverne was a godsend for new BLUs looking for this spell). Spent several evenings in Halvung with friends trying to learn that one.
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By Leviathan.Alkalinejoe 2011-06-26 16:11:16
Ragnarok.Tigerfury said: Pinecone bomb!
After about 24 solid hours over a week of failing to learn this, I was so pissed I deleted my character of 5 years. Three 75 jobs, gone because of Blue Mage. I started over a couple weeks later, and eventually got my original guy back through Return to Vana'diel campaign. Blue Mage can suck it. Never again. This. I spent like a cumulative of 15 hours trying to learn Pinecone Bomb from the trees in Jugner and never got it. When I was walking around in Attowha I accidentally got aggro from a Tree and learned it 1/1. =/
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By Odin.Blazza 2011-06-26 16:15:11
Fenrir.Nightfyre said: Refueling was by far my worst spell, especially since it was a "need" spell and couldn't really be solo'd back when I was leveling (uncapping Riverne was a godsend for new BLUs looking for this spell). Spent several evenings in Halvung with friends trying to learn that one. This was worst for me too, I solo'd it in Lufaise. Waiting an hour to kill 2-3 bombs if you're lucky, and most of the time you get lightning weather and no pops. Took me about a week and a half...
By Xenshi 2011-06-26 16:15:59
Magic Barrier took about two days and believe it or not, Sandspin took like seven hours.
Carbuncle.Asymptotic
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By Carbuncle.Asymptotic 2011-06-26 16:17:32
I was lucky in that I levelled BLU right after ToAU came out, so we took an alliance of about 8 BLU into Riverne and got Refueling without much problem.
Frenetic Rip was pretty awful, mostly because we hadn't figured out how to break the horn yet.
Worst luck I've had though was Plenilune Embrace. For some reason, I just wouldn't learn it until like 30 wolves later!
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By Bismarck.Moonlightespada 2011-06-26 16:30:25
Sub-zero smash..... Still don't have it and I've been tryin off and on since they added it 2years ago >~
That and everyones grudge... Was taking almost 10-20k dmg from it so ended up clearing hate and have a smn friend tank the damn thing for me with his avatars
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By Ramuh.Laffter 2011-06-26 16:33:44
I'm 1/1 Refueling. >__>;;
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By Odin.Blazza 2011-06-26 16:34:03
Bismarck.Moonlightespada said: Sub-zero smash..... Still don't have it and I've been tryin off and on since they added it 2years ago >~ Good answer, those mobs are total hacking ***, what with their invincibility and ridiculously long terror or w/e they do, soloing them becomes really dangerous.
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By Odin.Blazza 2011-06-26 16:35:40
Ramuh.Laffter said: I'm 1/1 Refueling. >__>;; I've taken a lot of random noob blus to mount Z to learn it, simply because I know that learning it without help is total nuts. Not as bad with uncapped riverne, but still not great since they're still stupidly tough mobs for the level you need it.
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By Alexander.Almostunsane 2011-06-26 16:36:38
I only took BLU to 49 for subjob availability, but I had my share. Mostly because I was OCD about getting every single one, even if I knew I'd never use them.
1/42 Metallic Body, and goddamn Refueling. Refueling I spent about 2 weeks total on, sitting in Lufaise every 02:00-08:00 window and only getting like 20 chances. Then a LS member took pity and brought me to Zhayolm...where we promptly spent about an hour going 1/30+.
Plus, though this is more an annoyance because I know too many lucky BLU's, but I've only gone 1/1 on two spells ever...Head Butt and Jettatura.
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By Ramuh.Laffter 2011-06-26 16:38:33
Odin.Blazza said: Ramuh.Laffter said: I'm 1/1 Refueling. >__>;; I've taken a lot of random noob blus to mount Z to learn it, simply because I know that learning it without help is total nuts. Not as bad with uncapped riverne, but still not great since they're still stupidly tough mobs for the level you need it. I learned mine in Lufaise Meadows, I think... Waited for foggy weather, found cluster, keeled it, learn't. :P First time hunting it too.
I tried helping a guy get it in Riverne, he had the worst luck ever.
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By Fenrir.Nightfyre 2011-06-26 16:42:00
I actually tried camping Tav for about a week before I asked for help with Refueling... No fog. Not once.
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By Ramuh.Laffter 2011-06-26 16:42:54
Yeah, I think I got extremely lucky...
I paid for it trying to get Bad Breath though. Camped that for 3 whole days just killing every Malboro I saw... :|
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By Valefor.Prothescar 2011-06-26 17:43:08
Spinal Cleave is another that gave me some trouble. I've had BLU since its inception, I only got Spinal Cleave about a year and a half ago.
Ramuh.Austar
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By Ramuh.Austar 2011-06-26 17:54:05
Spinal Cleave. *** that ***. That's the reason I quit leveling BLU when I did, because I refused to level without getting all the spells as early as possible.
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By Sylph.Agentblade 2011-06-26 17:54:18
Pollen
Spinal Cleave
Mind Blast <----- Still >.<
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By Bahamut.Raenryong 2011-06-26 18:02:09
Spinal Cleave is awful and whoever made the conditions so restrictive should be forced to eat their own offspring.
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Bismarck.Bloodbeat
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By Bismarck.Bloodbeat 2011-06-26 18:05:58
Memento Mori - uncooperative Corses
Healing Breeze - just wouldn't learn at the time :(
Magic Hammer - Via the waiting on fog in Sarutabaruta (S) method. Those bog standard toads respawn too fast and join in :(
Reaving Wind - The only spell I haven't attempted to learn yet so I guess it's bothersome for that reason...
Leviathan.Narshe
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By Leviathan.Narshe 2011-06-26 18:08:41
Battery Charge.. 1/30 lol They never used it! >:O
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2011-06-26 18:20:55
Jettatura.
Dear god this took way longer than I expected to get.
Notable mentions to Asuran Claws, Spinal Cleave, Frenetic Rip and Battery Charge.
Bismarck.Bloodbeat
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By Bismarck.Bloodbeat 2011-06-26 18:29:16
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: Jettatura.
Dear god this took way longer than I expected to get.
Notable mentions to Asuran Claws, Spinal Cleave, Frenetic Rip and Battery Charge.
I forgot Asuran Claws. Lobisons that refuse to die and youre fighting them for like 40 mins each :(
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By Asura.Kurosagi 2011-06-27 01:14:31
Pollen - I learnt it at lvl 10. Took me many days and hours before I learnt it.
Magic Fruit - Damn monkeys wouldnt use them we I tried for a week.
Bismarck.Magnuss
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By Bismarck.Magnuss 2011-06-27 01:46:39
Headbutt. A week of farming, and I still didn't get it. I swore off BLU from that moment on.
Lakshmi.Greggles
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By Lakshmi.Greggles 2011-06-27 02:01:23
Wild Oats. I don't know how many times I tried to learn it and didn't get it, but it's well over 0/100 xD I gave up on BLU since then.
Asura.Vyre
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By Asura.Vyre 2011-06-27 02:11:07
None have taken over 2 hours so far, so none have really been ugh for me.
Phoenix.Novaria
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By Phoenix.Novaria 2011-06-27 02:21:39
metallic body >.<
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By Ifrit.Eikechi 2011-06-27 02:25:02
ice break took me 6 hours, and it was only used 6 times... f-in golems have like 9 TP moves lol
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By Asura.Malekith 2011-06-27 02:26:56
Wow, these are some horror stories... I really never had problems getting any spell outside of pollen/sprout smack/ metallic body those were the worst...
The rest I got lucky I suppose.... but, /whm for dia spam + af body/ gloves on pretty much got me every spell I farmed within 1-3 hours. If I had to go through what some have on here, I totally would have quit. For those that did, I don't blame you...
Every Blue Mage has a small handful of spells that are/were a bit*h to learn. Post which you had the biggest headache obtaining or are still trying to get.
Mine so far are:
Maelstrom (just cant learn it! ugh!)
Auroral Drape (took 40 mobs to learn)
Heat Breath (they have way too many TP moves)
Metallic Body (took a week to get)
Wild Carrot(they didnt want to use it)
Feather Barrier (see above)
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