INT+Eminity> Magic attack bonus?

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I have aquired some money as of late and and have come to a road block with My BLM, so I was hoping that some of the more leet BLMs on QCDN can answer me a question?

Would it be best to dish out as much as you can on INT+eminity or Magic attack bonust gear + MP? Help me out here : ::wizard:
 
Magic Atack bonus is the be all to end all for BLMs.
 
precious few items with MAB tho

ugg pendant, high lvl, high cost, only works at 50% mp or less

zenith mitts, sky needed, high cost on basic synth

moldavite earring, heavily camped, fairly infrequent drop, 2hr pop NM

sorcerers ring bcnm drop, need yellow hp to use it which is easy to do as tarutaru, but your whm will usually cure you and ruin it

novio earring - jailor of love in sea. good luck.
 
well, it really depends on the mob... if it resists you a lot you want +elemental magic on normal exp mobs, but for pure damage I'd say

MAB > INT > Enmity.

Never spend money on +MP gear as BLM, unless it has other usefull stats... it's useless
 
Orchid said:
precious few items with MAB tho

ugg pendant, high lvl, high cost, only works at 50% mp or less

zenith mitts, sky needed, high cost on basic synth

moldavite earring, heavily camped, fairly infrequent drop, 2hr pop NM

sorcerers ring bcnm drop, need yellow hp to use it which is easy to do as tarutaru, but your whm will usually cure you and ruin it

novio earring - jailor of love in sea. good luck.
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Don't forget Rublic Circlet
 
depends, how much MAB? honestly 5-6 int is about the same as 1 MAB.
then you stack up on MAB and conserve mp is nice stuff. You are in fact referring to weskit vs errant for body right? WESKIT YOU FOOL! NOT EVEN A QUESTION. Ele skill is most important till you start meritting it but magic attack bonus is the ultimate pinnacle of BLM... stuff <.<;
please for the love of all things holy don't buy igqira hands, I'd have to hunt you down and kill you for wearing gimp gloves.
 
Blackchaoshero said:
depends, how much MAB? honestly 5-6 int is about the same as 1 MAB.
then you stack up on MAB and conserve mp is nice stuff. You are in fact referring to weskit vs errant for body right? WESKIT YOU FOOL! NOT EVEN A QUESTION. Ele skill is most important till you start meritting it but magic attack bonus is the ultimate pinnacle of BLM... stuff <.<;
please for the love of all things holy don't buy igqira hands, I'd have to hunt you down and kill you for wearing gimp gloves.
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LOL whats wrong with them?
 
they're pretty good if you can get a.hands :s
 
mathematically speaking from my parser logs you'll lose more damage in resists by wearing them as opposed to AF hands than you will gain by the MAB 2
 
Blackchaoshero said:
mathematically speaking from my parser logs you'll lose more damage in resists by wearing them as opposed to AF hands than you will gain by the MAB 2
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thats depending on what you are fighting correct?

Im thinkin about havin a Normal PT set and a Manaburn pt of BLM gear
 
This thread should help you pick out gear. Getting the right balance depends on your pocket book and personal judgement. I would usually put MAB before int. How much -enimity depends on how the party is going, if you are pulling hate a lot and not being able to reach your potential then you need more -enimity on. If you are never pulling hate, switch out some -enimity for more damage increasements.
 
Blackchaoshero said:
depends, how much MAB? honestly 5-6 int is about the same as 1 MAB.
then you stack up on MAB and conserve mp is nice stuff. You are in fact referring to weskit vs errant for body right? WESKIT YOU FOOL! NOT EVEN A QUESTION. Ele skill is most important till you start meritting it but magic attack bonus is the ultimate pinnacle of BLM... stuff <.<;
please for the love of all things holy don't buy igqira hands, I'd have to hunt you down and kill you for wearing gimp gloves.
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5-6 INT is 15-13 extra damage on Thundaga III, AM and tier-4 spells. 1 MAB = 1% increase in damage, so it all depends on how much your spells do.

If you want to get the most out of your spells at all times, you'd have to have different equipment depending on day, weather, mob and spell cast.
 
Ugg Pendant, Zenith mitts, Igqira Weskit, Moldavite Earring are what I wear for MAB. All very helpful. I don't wear -enmity gear because I don't spam nukes before the tank has sufficient hate. Have 1088 MP so yea, don't bother buying items just for MP because quite a few BLM items also have MP (Zenith Mitts for example). Then again, aside from the Moldy Earring they are all pretty high lvl. Rostrum Pumps are also handy once you get to 75 for a BLM. Getting a Tamas ring would help too, but you'd have to complete CoP for that. And I agree with Black, wear Igqira hands and I'll have to cutt you... AF gloves are superior to those.
 
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Orchid said:
precious few items with MAB tho

ugg pendant, high lvl, high cost, only works at 50% mp or less

zenith mitts, sky needed, high cost on basic synth

moldavite earring, heavily camped, fairly infrequent drop, 2hr pop NM

sorcerers ring bcnm drop, need yellow hp to use it which is easy to do as tarutaru, but your whm will usually cure you and ruin it

novio earring - jailor of love in sea. good luck.
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Don't forget, Abyss Cuirass also has +10 magic att...oh wait. Dontcha love how SE puts random unneeded Magic attk+ on drk when Blm has so few? :|
 
Tyrath said:
Don't forget, Abyss Cuirass also has +10 magic att...oh wait. Dontcha love how SE puts random unneeded Magic attk+ on drk when Blm has so few? :|
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lmao you just love rubbing that into blms faces, dont you
 
ppfffft your gimp self wishes you could get that kind of magic attack so your nukes werent so weak....samurai > you
 
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