Neche said:
I had full JSE... Waste of 3mil if you ask me. The head and body are good for the +Magic Accuraccy against Gods, but really useless other wise.
I once went out to kill Mindgazers for haku eyes, with a 75 THF friend, he subbed WHM for this cause i never had a WHM sub. He was hitting the mob for 35-50 DMG with a dagger, and i was duel weilding with enhancing magic up i was hitting all together around 45+45+18+18 to 60+60+18+18 DMG. Point is i was doing more DMG and he still had all the hate, this is only with 2 peices of JSE, and -enmity showed face. Because it would cost less MP for the two of us i had to put the JSE away. Sure it isn't cheap, but it's a must have the the RDM enthuiest. Don't get me wrong RDM AF1 is by far better.
Neche said:
Errant gives you a large boost of INT and MND, along with some MP(which I don't like personally because it screws with my HP/MP ratio.)
With decent food I can have +65(or so) INT and +30-40 MND. That is much better than Have + 13accuracy and some -Enmity.(Which Errant gives enough of anyway)
Errant is excellent armor if you want to beef up the DMG, i use it for soloing Typhoon Wyverns, i don't think the Errant Hat can replace the RDMs AF1 hat though.
Neche said:
JSE is pretty much. If your a taru, and want to look badass. Go spend it. But once I bought it all, I just sold it right back....
No. Everyone thinks the JSE looks ugly, I never bought it to look bad ass.
Neche said:
As far as melee'ing as a RDM 41+ Don't. You have far better things to be doing than Melee, the DMG you do isn't worth it.
Refresh, and enfeeb, that's all you should be doing. When your not, you rest. In most parties You will have a RDM, WHM, BLM, PLD, sometimes a DRK. That means you have 5 people to your refresh order.
The DMG is very low yes, but Meleeing is better than doing nothing, It's ok to cast Dia II or poision the mob, Melee RDMs will build TP and drop it. Again i'll say, if a RDM cannot Melee and do his job correctly, then they should not Melee if it's gonna distract them from playing to their fullest.
Neche said:
I enfeeb first, refresh later. You have MP you don't need refresh. I would do my standard, Blind, Para, Slow, Gravity, Bio Dia(Depending on what the BLM wants) then Focus on my refresh.
I usually start the Refresh as soon as we reach the camp, it prevents people from asking for it, and yes if they are not using enoug MP they will get served later
Neche said:
REFRESHING
/ma "Refresh" <st>
/wait 19
/echo ~~~*~*~*REFRESH READY*~*~*~~~
/ma "Refresh" <st>
/wait 19
/echo ~~~*~*~*REFRESH READY*~*~*~~~
ETC.
Do this 5 times. By the time you are 70+, you should know how long your refreshs last!
Mine was like this
/ma "Refresh" <t>
/Wait 18
/Tell Anttaru Refresh Ready.
I got tired of reminding myself and your right, by 70+ i took out the macro and i can just feel when the Refresh recast clock hits 0.
Neche said:
Between the time when you cast your last refresh on who-ever, you should restick enfeebs if the fight isnt over, cure, and HEAL. Doing 4-5 refreshs' a fight is 200mp! Go get that back!
If you refresh yourself, it adds up to 110mp extra for RDM rounding off to 90 MP instead in the refresh department.
After awhile you SHOULD know how long a normal Refresh last. I'm not saying time it, but you should just know. Start casting on yourself before it Wears, that means by the time refresh is Ready for the next person, you should already be casting by the time theirs wears too![/quote]
If you refresh yourself, it adds up to 110mp extra for RDM rounding off to 90 MP instead in the refresh department. I know all this and do it while i melee.
Neche said:
If your party has a constant refresh the only one who should be without MP is YOU. That's why we get convert. You SHOULD be out of MP by the time you hit chain 5! If your not, then you should be casting more.
After time yes, c'mon man don't assume i never knew this. I already mentioned the convert clock in relation to converting and MP casting.
Neche said:
If you can manage to do all of this and keep MP tip top, then Good! Do that somemore.
But i have been doing so and meleeing, any damage is good damage cause it builds TP. In Bibiki Bay AOE does not stop the chain and they will use it, It also does alot of DMG on the mob.
Neche said:
As you reach higher levels there is just no time for Melee. A mage depends on MP. Refresh gives you 3 mp a tick, THAT IS NOT THAT MUCH. When your low on MP, you don't refresh yourself then just keep refreshing until your full, that's a waste of time!
You don't think i would do such a thing do you stranger ?
3 MP per tick until it hits 150 not bad, it's the best we can do for now, and it does make a big difference when it's kept active. "Using Refresh to recover to full MP is impossible to do in an active party."
Neche said:
Melee before Refresh, I don't think that's a problem, hell you can do more than the PLD. But once you get refresh, switch to a MAGE subjob, MAGE gear, and start being a MAGE.
For RDM Melee in parties is empty space.
RDM Melee is not powerful, but in the end of the session the Melee RDM would have a higher DMG readout.
Neche said:
PS. Just to clarify "If you have MP, you don't need refresh"
I mean, if your just starting up and everyone is full. DEAR GOD, don't <call> for refresh, there is nothing a RDM hates more than people using <calls> to get refresh. You will get refresh, don't panic.
There are those that ask for Refresh as soon as the shit hits the fan. I just tell them to wait their turn, and i don't have time to explain why they are 3rd or 4th in line, they can easily take this the wrong way, and in other cases it feels like people are asking for it to spite me. I once was in a JP PT and only one of the Japanese players spoke english, he was the tank and i was doing a haste cycle for him, he demanded that i cast haste on him before it ran out, and i casted haste on myself to help keep track of his, i discovered he was cancelling out his haste and asking for it several times while i'm casting one refresh, this really pissed me fuck off. Asking a highe level RDM for Refresh is obserd if you're MP gauge is still loaded.
In closing i would like to say when i am in parties, no one can pin me for doing something wrong or out of place while i melee, I refresh, enfeebles are up and i put them back up if it wears off, i MB and i'll cut the mob with TP attacks. People can complain, but they cannot tell me what i am not doing.
I even set my camera to look where links would come about when i actually do glance at the action. Melee RDM should never look at the DMG output, that is what distracts, all you gotta know is DMG is happening. they should never Melee mobs that would stop or slow down their casting habbits either.
Yes RDM Melee sucks, but if you can do it without it costing the PT time and enfeebling magic, and 2nd MB's then Melee makes for a better performance and more DMG plain and simple the TP will come.
A rdm/smn will still have these abilities and will certainly have more MP than a rdm/whm or rdm/blm, but that MP bonus is the -only- benefit to subbing smn for red mage imho.
