Back in the house
Well its been a busy several months. I got married in July and was looking for a new house. After a year of planning and thousands of dollars, the wedding went off without a hitch. Which was pretty impressive since we had several people coming from other countries. The honeymoon was in Puerto Vallarta and was amazing, even though it was only for a week. Too bad it was their rainy season, but staying at an all inclusive is the way to go. One free bottle of wine, bubbly or liquor in your room each is pretty hot.
During the month before the wedding my play time was really limited. It was hard to log in to do Salvage late at night. I probably played 10-20 hours a week and ate up all my assault points. Only good run was one with 3 macha cuffs, of which I got one. The cuffs are a bit of a sideways upgrade for blm, but having 5 magic accuracy is always nice.
So I decided to level BLU. I already have Homam, suppa, brutal, ethereal and loq. earrings so much of the gear is already there. If I get my drops for morrigan's robe, I'll be pretty much set for the job.
My blu was sitting at 45 and needed some key spells. Farming Refueling was such a pain but Haste is great for any job. My problem with BLU in exp party is the lack of defined role. We're not quite a DD class, true healer or buffer/debuffer, which leaves us last for invites. On the plus side, we have some interesting debuffs that stack with your normal debuffs and increase the party's efficiency. Like Sandspin + blind to drop accuracy, or frightful roar + dia. In a pinch we can fill in for a missing job, but exp is very slow.
My friend Nekki pointed me to a duo guide for BLU and since then exp has been amazing. I tried to invite 3 BLUs for duo and only 1 was willing to try it. We got 5-10k/hr duo from 48 to 61, plus I threw in some solo exp getting 3-6k/hr. Besides the slow exp, my second problem with BLU is learning spells. Luckily the AF hands are amazing.
It would usually take me 10+ times seeing a move before I learn it. After picking up the gloves I went 1/1 on 9 spells. Some mobs are still a pain if they have a ton of moves, or you have to kill fast and can only get 1 move per kill. But SE fixed my two main issues, plus having 3mp/tick in WotG and ToAU zones is pretty amazing.
During the month before the wedding my play time was really limited. It was hard to log in to do Salvage late at night. I probably played 10-20 hours a week and ate up all my assault points. Only good run was one with 3 macha cuffs, of which I got one. The cuffs are a bit of a sideways upgrade for blm, but having 5 magic accuracy is always nice.
So I decided to level BLU. I already have Homam, suppa, brutal, ethereal and loq. earrings so much of the gear is already there. If I get my drops for morrigan's robe, I'll be pretty much set for the job.
My blu was sitting at 45 and needed some key spells. Farming Refueling was such a pain but Haste is great for any job. My problem with BLU in exp party is the lack of defined role. We're not quite a DD class, true healer or buffer/debuffer, which leaves us last for invites. On the plus side, we have some interesting debuffs that stack with your normal debuffs and increase the party's efficiency. Like Sandspin + blind to drop accuracy, or frightful roar + dia. In a pinch we can fill in for a missing job, but exp is very slow.
My friend Nekki pointed me to a duo guide for BLU and since then exp has been amazing. I tried to invite 3 BLUs for duo and only 1 was willing to try it. We got 5-10k/hr duo from 48 to 61, plus I threw in some solo exp getting 3-6k/hr. Besides the slow exp, my second problem with BLU is learning spells. Luckily the AF hands are amazing.
It would usually take me 10+ times seeing a move before I learn it. After picking up the gloves I went 1/1 on 9 spells. Some mobs are still a pain if they have a ton of moves, or you have to kill fast and can only get 1 move per kill. But SE fixed my two main issues, plus having 3mp/tick in WotG and ToAU zones is pretty amazing.