The Black Sacrament -- A Guide to Black Mage

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By eliroo 2025-06-20 13:18:21

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Lakshmi.Buukki said: »

or don't have an emergency AF+3 MB body macro to refill mana.

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.

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(*)Bonus, you could even use in this scenario, the tp bonus staff!

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.

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By Felgarr 2025-06-20 17:25:36

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Lakshmi.Buukki said: »

BLM dual wielding shouldn't have any issues spamming moonlight if you need mp, since you're getting insane TP return with kraken club. This assumes Aspir isn't applicable. Also, idling in Mallquios Clogs+2, Ethereal Earring, Kaumodaki nets MP return

BLM/DNC means Bunzi/Maxentius (not KC) at least ...before Bonanza Weapons were given out to everyone.

The comment above first mentioning dnc sub says Kraken Club offhand, that's why I mentioned that. Even still, you can Moonlight with Bunzi/Maxentius. Anyways, what Nariont said is accurate, and you can also use Blurred Staff +1. You can get fast TP, Myrkr when you need MP, and self SC due to the OAT on the staff (which also provide free self-Haste).

I have said it before in other posts, but MP management on BLM is seriously not an issue (neither is it for RDM or GEO). If you are running out of MP on BLM, you didn't manage it properly, don't have weapon swaps for Myrkr, didn't bring meds, don't know how to use the tools at your disposal, or don't have an emergency AF+3 MB body macro to refill mana.

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

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By Lakshmi.Byrth 2025-06-20 18:55:56

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Lakshmi.Buukki said: »

or don't have an emergency AF+3 MB body macro to refill mana.

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.

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.

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