Burst II

[Tavjon]

Confirmed Tier II AM is the shit

287mp
About the same casting time as Thundaga III
1:23 recast time

I topped 1805dmg on princes in Mount Z w/ only Rairin Obi activated
better than the usual 1300 Thunder 4

P.S. Past the first Halvung Gate is a new mob type called Wamoura that looks a lot like Mothra and it is True Sight!!

 

[Rayebee]

True Sight? ;o that must have been fun to find out ^^;;;

 

[Giaganta]

I'd like to see how it stands against Thunder 4 with MB on a HNM

 

[Ceasar33]

Freeze 2 with BLM pants and hyorin obi on Leech for 1750ish.
Blizzaga 3 with same setup for 1550ish dmg.

Tier 2 AM owns. Also, Freeze 2 is a gorgeous animation, better than blizzard 4.

 

[Winklewil]

I'm definitely planning on going for Burst II, Freeze II, and Flare II ... at the very least. Add in the "spin the wheel" possibilities, bearing in mind that the new Ancient Magic has an even stronger weakening effect for the 'next' element (you get a damage bonus for using the next element in a magic burst, as well as getting an accuracy boost) , and I think this leads into whole new burn strategies.

Just as a sidenote, is anyone going to start a "Whoa, black mage is not nerfed" thread? As far as I've read everywhere else, if the changes really were implemented, they're too slight to be noticed. People are still killing HNMs exactly as they always have.

 

[pakomen]

P.S. Past the first Halvung Gate is a new mob type called Wamoura that looks a lot like Mothra and it is True Sight!!

Do these con VT? Has anyone tried soloing one? Are they easier/harder/same as wamoura princes?

I'm a little scared. They look like they'd wanna eat me.

 

[alanon]

Yeah, I have burst 2 as well. They are basically Tier5 with the added effect of resistance down.

I don't think meritting them further is worth it. You'd have to give up a spell, and by the desc, you only get 3 Dmg on a burst and 5 ele acc. 3Dmg on a 2000+ MB seem hardly worth the 40000xp....

 

[Tavjon]

Do these con VT? Has anyone tried soloing one? Are they easier/harder/same as wamoura princes?

I'm a little scared. They look like they'd wanna eat me.

It would be hard to solo one cuz SE totally revamped that area. There are about three times as many princes more now and that mob is right in the middle of all of them

A bard walked in front of Wamoura and agrod then linked all the other princes so
thats also some good info. They Con VT and seem to be considerably more difficult than princes

 

[Ceasar33]

Did they nerf my solo xp ? :\\\\\\\\

 

[Garvin]

(High MP cost, cast time a little shorter than AM1, more damage/the same damage as high tier BLM spells, but with a much higher accuracy, more full damage on higher level mobs, more resistance down, perhaps?)

See? ;D

 

[Tavjon]

Did they nerf my solo xp ? :\\\\\\\\

All that means more than one blm can solo xp there effeciently

four of us here, two in duo and I never have to wait for a pop

 

[Firestreak]

I was thinking those of us with ice/thunder potency already merited should just focus all 6 into burst and freeze 2 since that gives us darkness and light MB and we'd never end up using the others except for like god fights anyway where they have a specific weakness.

 

[Caerloc]

1650 Burst II, no weather effect, no day effect, No MB on a VT mob.
I think i'll be capping Burst II and get Freeze II on the side.

 

[Tavjon]

I was thinking those of us with ice/thunder potency already merited should just focus all 6 into burst and freeze 2 since that gives us darkness and light MB and we'd never end up using the others except for like god fights anyway where they have a specific weakness.

I was thinkn of this too fully merited Burst is +15 magic acc thats some sick shit

 

[pakomen]

I can't wait to bust out a burstII on thundersday(or whatever it's called) w/ obi and AF2 legs on an unsuspecting marid. These new spells are going to enhance my soloing greatly.

 

[Blazeoffury]

I can't wait to bust out a burstII on thundersday(or whatever it's called) w/ obi and AF2 legs on an unsuspecting marid. These new spells are going to enhance my soloing greatly.

I hate you Pako

You people get "nerfed"... but it seems more like icing on a cake if you look at the blms who didnt like to do all blm events such as aeron, all that happened to him is he gets more dmg and plays around for better solo xp..

 

[pakomen]

Haha yeah all I do as blm anymore for exp is basically solo/duo.

I do limbus and missions and such, but this "nerf" really won't affect us as we rarely use more than two blm's at a time anyway.

 

[Myrrh]

Gee i wonder if this will update will now make Blm the bandwagen job of the year...

 

[pakomen]

Gee i wonder if this will update will now make Blm the bandwagen job of the year...

Dunno, duncare. It's a fun job. If others want to join they're more than welcome.

But I thought we already were the "bandwagon job of the year" after that whole ranger nerf. We going on two years running?

 

[Pompidou]

Wouldn't Flare II as the new best light burst make people want to trade in their thunder merits? I mean, the whole reason people pretended 4 of the 6 elements didn't exist was to get a few more damage on the formerly top two. If all that matters to blms is bursting dark and light and getting the biggest number, thunder merits are no longer the way to go. Mob weakness hasn't mattered since potency merits came around anyway, since noone pretends every single mob is weak to thunder and ice - it's all about damage, and now fire is the top of the line.