Okay, so now you’ve hit your spell hit cap! Going over the spell hit is pointless, so try to stay right around the cap without going too far over. Likely, if you’ve gemmed and enchanted and have all the right gear, you ARE way over your cap. So, regem, re-enchant… and start to work on boosting your spell dmg.
            Since nearly all magey gear ( Read more... )

These are only gems selected for their +spell hit.

RED:

• Veiled Flame Spessarite (fits red or yellow) (+3 spell hit/ +4 spell dmg)
• Veiled Noble Topaz (fits red or yellow) (+4 spell hit/ +5 spell dmg)
• Shining Fire Opal (fits red or yellow) (+5 spell hit/ +6 Spell dmg)
• Veiled Pyrestone (fits red or yellow) (+5 spell hit/ +6 spell dmg)

YELLOW

• Great Golden ( Read more... )

The goal here is to raise your spell hit rating. For fire mages spec’d with elemental precision, the spell hit cap you’re shooting for is 164. (For other specs, and more spell hit information, check out this post or this one. But the overall goal is to hit at least 6%, no matter your spec, to start raiding. 6% is not the cap, but it’s a good start ( Read more... )

I can only speak to pre-kara stats/gear here, but hopefully this will help the younger mages looking to start raiding soon.

If you’re wanting to raid, the requirements according to T’s lovely level 70’s guide is this for mages:

- 600 Spell Damage
- 6% Hit Rating
- 9K Mana Pool Unbuffed
- 7K HP Pool Unbuffed

I highly recommend taking ( Read more... )

Sheep pulling: Rarely done, but occasionally required. If you need to pull a mob for the tank by sheeping, simply sheep your target and iceblock until the tank has agro on all the other mobs.

Counterspell: How I love thee. This is great for interrupting mob spells such as heals or nasty dmg spells. Cast while your target is ( Read more... )

Easy breezy! I can’t speak for all mages, but here’s how I work my fiery goodness.
            On trash mobs:
            Scorch/Scorch/fireball/fireball/fireball/dead
            If the mob is at 2 or 3%, I might skip the last fireball and throw off a fireblast or one last scorch if they’re really close to death. Fireball is a 3 second cast, so ( Read more... )

GROUPING AS A MAGE:
Agro management:
Grouping as a mage is somewhat different than soloing as one. For one thing, the harder you can hit things when you solo, the better. Keel and keel some more. But when you group, your ability to crit and hit hard could cause a lot of trouble for other players. Find a threat meter, such as Omen, and watch it ( Read more... )

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who cares that a pig ate her 5 minutes later.....
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I'm a poor poor toon after this week!

Elphina hit 50! (SS posted, though she doesn't look too happy)
Raynarra (BE hunter) hit 40
Kittialia (BE pally) hit 30

I cant afford squat but weee! 2 (TWO) chocobos!
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