Looking to beef up the power of my BLU

I beleive there was a post on BG about pallas bracelets with thier +11 str not being better than hume rse gloves with all the calculations laid out and such.
 
I am not high end blu yet, but I have always used ACC/ATK when gaining tp on blu and using STR+ on spells that have str mod. My character blinks like crazy, but I do really good dmg. Of course there are some instances were you need both acc and str at the same time but I don't have to worry about that yet.
 
I do believe the mods are only applied when CA or Azure Lore are used.. Never tested it, Ill try it in a bit
 
Ive seen a boost in dmg with str+, I forget where I read it but CA and Azure lore boost the modifications.
 
Burne said:
Ive seen a boost in dmg with str+, I forget where I read it but CA and Azure lore boost the modifications.
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This may be what it is. Boost them to 100%?

Yeah, fighting colibri now and Im casting Hysteric Barrages and Frenetic Rips for mid 400's, had a 499 once.

They used to hang around 350 range
 
Have to think about different situations. For me if its thf sub i am using. On an NM or something i max STR as most our big SaTa spells use STR mod. With Cannonball, its STR and DEF you must balance. If its in xp pt or solo with nin sub, i take off Alkys and use RSE for DEX STR balance. Our higher dmg nin sub spells are usually Dissevernment, Frentic Rip and Hysteric Barrage which are all STR and DEX mod. And yes i see a difference in max str gear(am about +60something str) compared to str dex balance(about +40str +30dex) when using the str & dex modded spells. The damage is improved on "The big 3 spells" in the balanced set up. I can recomend you try for an Assault Jerkin for tp gain^^ least thats free.
 
The rings I use almost full time are rajas/flame, I never have acc issues, and im casting the majority of the time, so i want all that str. I do have a sniper for when the mobs eva is very high, but thats not too often, mainly sky.

I acctually like commanders cape better than amemet +1 for blu (have both however). But that would probably cost all your gil lol.

Please dont use potent belt >.< warwolf destroys it. +5 str and dex (the two main modifiers). And about your modifier question, they are on all the time, not only with CA and AL. Frenetic rip is 20% STR and DEX, Hysteric barrage is 30% DEX, and Disseverment is 20% STR and DEX.

Rutters are nice, until you can get homam or those denali <sp> boots. Get rid of the jet sera's, get vender/prince's, galiard, yigit, or homam. Those merman earrings are doing you close to no good, i use minuet/suppa till i get brutal.

Upgrading ruby's to flame wont make a huge diff, but do it when you have the extra cash. Genbu's shield, and uh...pallas brac. are fine. Personally I tp in dusk, use spells in pallas (till i get alky's).

Annnd, dont bother with the vermy cloak, just rest in errant and you'll be fine.
 
holy shit man pallas went down alot, i might get these when i come back
 
I would only really switch pants if I could get Galliard, which would be near impossible for me, and am working on getting Yigit.

Here are the Vendors and Jets stats:

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I believe I get more of a boost from Jets, because I do use BLU enfeeble spells quite a bit, including sleeps, and they do help some. Not really missing the MP, Ive got a good mp pool as a hume. MP sits around 570. imo I believe the MND, INT and -enmity to outweigh the 3 acc
 
Unsure just how far Blue Magic skill goes in terms of landing specific things, but if you're looking to improve your general accuracy, perhaps you'd want to get a Scorpion Harness before considering Sniper Rings?
 
I really don't see a point to wearing Jet Seraweels full-time. Macroing in for Magic Fruit/Hammer, sure, though Errant is the same stats for less gil if you're just macroing it in (because it's on so short a time, don't have to worry about the stat penalties on it). But full-time? Just throw on the AF body and your enfeebles will land. You don't need any more than that. Personally, I wear Volunteer's Brais, but before I got those, I used Vendor's Slops.

For reference, here's my current BLU gear (not including hMP gear and MND gear):

Perdu Hanger (used Dissector before I got this)
Demon Slayer (used Ifrit's Blade before I got this)
Fortune Egg in ToAU areas, Jr. Msk. Chakram+1 in conquest areas outside Windy control (Tiphia Sting is pretty nice here too though)
Walahra Turban/Optical Hat (depending on if I need the acc or not)
Chivalrous Chain
Suppanomimi
Brutal Earring
Scorpion Harness or AF, depending on the situation
Light Gauntlets (currently debating which I want to replace these with, Pallas, Tarasque, or save up for Dusk)
Ruby Ring
Rajas Ring
Amemet Mantle (yeah yeah, NQ, stfu >.>)
Potent Belt
Volunteer's Brais
Mithra RSE (until I get my Homam feet; if I wasn't Mithra I'd go with Feral Ledelsens or something I guess... as a Hume though, RSE2 feet are awesome)

I never have accuracy issues, really. Between the Accuracy Bonus job trait, the acc from the gear I mentioned, and 6 sword merits, I don't have to eat sushi really. I usually just use Chiefkabobs if anything.

Martial Anelace is decent for Savage Blade, but does nothing for your spells. It's not really worth it, IMO. I assume you don't have Suppa or Brutal, so Merman's are prolly your best bet. Tatami Shield isn't usable by BLU anyway, so you don't have to worry about that. :P When I'm subbing something besides NIN, I use either Genbu's Shield or Astral Aspis, personally.
 
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Judging from what you've been saying, you don't equip swap much, if at all. If this is true, you may want to change that. Build up acc, att, Store TP, anything along those lines, for TP'ing in, then macro in as much STR as possible for CASA Death Scissors or Vertical Cleave. I also am trying to work on a DEX/STR setup to macro in for TA > Disseverment ( still working on merits, I am now averaging 500+ per use in Limbus). If/when you sub Nin, I would still have a TP setup, then macro in more STR and DEX for solo SC'ing (soloing Distortion is the only way my /nin can even compete with my /thf). Still need to get my soil gorget, if I can get some help on UFO's >.<
 
The only things I really have and use as equip swaps are equips for magic fruit, magic hammer, MP drainkiss, and etc.

As far as accuracy does go, Im honestly not having much trouble at all, unless I do fight something very evasive, like what was mentioned earlier. I do have SH, but doesnt the +Blue Magic skill give more spell accuracy than the +10 accuracy of SH?
 
Ruffyreborn said:
I do have SH, but doesnt the +Blue Magic skill give more spell accuracy than the +10 accuracy of SH?
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The answer is simple, before each weapon swing, macro in SH. When casting BLU magic, macro in the AF.
 
there isnt enough time to macro in a bunch of +acc equipment, then switch to +modifiers for spells. I could really understand keeping the +acc equipment on until you WS + CA, but that will drastically be dropping your DoT.

If its not broken, dont fix it. Not having a lot of accuracy issues, if I were, Id go ahead and buy a bunch of acc gear, though. I have considered the equipment, but its more like icing on the cake. Not really needed, but its okay to have
 
I use macros for equipment on both using spells and and tp gain. Usually I will have SH equipped during most of the fights and when I want to do a spell that will benefit more for my BLU AF body I will hit a macro that changes the gear, does the spell, and then equip SH back on. If its too much of a hassle I just use the gear swap only macros and see how it goes.
 
there are a few things I would still really like to get, but my missions and my gil just dont call for it atm

Also, I know it isnt much, but I do have Crimson Feet. Ive wore them a bit ever since I hit 73, but I do believe the heroic boots are better.. But what would you guys say? Since DEX is a major modifier
 
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