The Black Sacrament -- A Guide To Black Mage

Not sure if this was implied but I don't believe the Spaekona's coat can ever refill more than the cost of the spell.




Got bored and made a spreadsheet, was actually surprised by how far ahead the TP Bonus staff was of the aeonic in terms of mp return / cast. like 8~10% depending on your level of occult acumen and if you have sams roll.

Yeah, I think it's just the cognitive load / context switches that are getting to me.

This is correct. Ideally you just use AF+4 body as a CYA if you have only one nuke of MP left.

As far as MP management on BLM, I think it varies from super easy to hard to maintain MP. If you can lock staff and use Myrkr, I agree it is trivial to maintain MP. If you are swapping weapons and don't have a subjob in a half hour fight where you are MBing all the time... I think the AF+4 body is going to see some serious use. Double SV ballads get you 42 MP/tick, but you are MBing about once every 2 ticks with ~200MP/cast spells, which puts you at a ~60/tick deficit. Manawell, Manafont, etc. can get you some breathing room but you are still going to end up spending some time in AF+4 particularly if you don't hit WC.

For someone who does sortie mage strat or oddessy bosses
If I use bunzi for the extra damage will I have enough mp on average with the loss of mykr?
With fights taking 3mins

Oddessy might be different due to length?

Yes, with usage of AF coat.

Without counting Aita, which most people are using Manafont for, youll do
-ja,6,5,4,ja,4,3 at most. I just set the AF coat to come on below 40% mp. Taking the time mid skillchain to pop mykr would slow dps down, should just be bombing non-stop.

It depends a little.

In Sortie, the fights are so fast that you shouldn't run out of MP. You won't have ballads but would likely be /SCH for Sublimation and Parsimony, so you can recover or save on MP. Probably GEO can Entrust Refresh if you absolutely needed it. Assuming you're not swapping clubs, you would still get Moonlight, which is not a lot of MP restoral, but not nothing. You also have the option to carry two Viles in your inventory in situations where MP might run out. You're likely idling in +10~ Refresh too. You also have AF body for "free" nukes, an Icarus Wing + Staff swap-in for emergency Myrkr, and lastly, Manafont for super emergencies. I find it extremely hard to completely run out of MP after considering all of these options. Damn near impossible unless you're doing something on an amateur level.

For Odyssey, I would just use staff unless you were getting ballads. I still found myself burning through a lot of MP during V25 Ongo and Marmorkrebs when using a Club and constantly nuking nonstop, but SV Ballads keeps you MP positive, so it's possible to get by with club there too, just a little tougher. You are lacking a sub, so no Sublimation/Strats. You can always ask other players to bazaar their Viles for you in case of emergency, especially if they aren't going to be using it.

Is this a custom code in lua, or do you have a completely different casting set (Spaekona) that you toggle to?

yes, and yes, its built into Selindril gearswap, it calls different set based on %

sets.MagicBurst
sets.RecoverBurst

the sets look different, used calculator with the AF as the body piece and it moves a few things around.

The first time I went to Sortie as BLM (never played it before) I managed to do 8boss with just Refresh, Convert, 1 Myrkr, never even used Vile Elixir/+1. I didn't have AF body by then despite having the cards (lazy/poor/low priority). That said, it was tight and a little bit rough (still managed 8/8). You can't run out of MP with AF body.

I definitely wasn't hitting capped damage on T3 or T4 without Ea Hat+1 though, to answer my own previous question.

I don't know how to do this, probably need to look at my BLM file and mess around with it. I have a casting mode for Sparkona but it never swaps the body in properly so there's probably code I'm needing to fix.

Hi, had a few questions about BLM:

• What are the most up-to-date sets for it atm? I've just had a look at BGWiki guide, is that still it?

• How does BLM stand at the moment? What content is it relevant in (if any)?

• Even though I know magic AOEs get reduced damage per additional enemy unlike BLU, how does it compare as a pure nuker in damage? (This is more of for casual mobs in escha and whatnot I was thinking of)

good blm are an absolute joy to play with. new content ALWAYS starts with rng or blm strats, then evolves to melee once gear and knowledge allow it. blm is the #1 nuker but not always required, sometimes t5 nukes are more than enough

Not related too much, but I thought this was a very good point from Maletaru about the Nuke order for wall efficiency:

Ya blm is really atrong and used for sortie snd a few odyssey fights. Also good for some aeonic fights like zerde even if not relying on blm for damage their debuffs and ja spells can make a big difference.

They are also great for cleaving for exp and atuff in escha zones you can use items to refresh manawall and basically stay invincible all the time on top of strong aoes.

edit I should type more carefully when on my phone lol

BLM Manawall Tanking Albumen adds will always live in my mind as one of the coolest ways to play the job

Do you mind sharing this set, with AF 2% body and the pieces you moved around?