[drwaffles]

Cairthenn :
Only as gimp as your 3% Zipacna wipe. :love

Says the guy who's wiped to Zipacna numerous times, generally at well above 3% of its life. And I'm sorry, but getting bound for three and a half minutes, managing to survive through a combination of Chainspell + straight tanking only to get immediately re-bound after your current Bind wears is kinda cheap.

[Gyth]

Lappas are good in a kiting set for the curse chance as well. (curse slows movement)

[drwaffles]

I'd rather wear my Golliard Trews, personally.

[Elswood]

Meh, Curse isn't even that reliable to proc on anything of worth, and its movement decrease is pathetic D:

If I had Goliard (anythinglolx), would use it instead. Granted I bother carrying them around.

[Gyth]

Any links to tests showing MAB doesn't effect drain/aspir?

[Elswood]

I have never seen solid proof disclosing whether or not MAB has an effect on Drain/Aspir. I'd say it's too hard to test anyway, and the effect from MAB is marginal even if it does have one. It is safer to just not bother swapping in MAB gear if it's not already on.

[rambus]

someone on the drk forums took a naaked drk bascily and compared it to a pimp out blm, novo and such and got the same numbers

it was a while ago but ever since then i had the view that MAB don't help drain/ aspir

[catwho]

Probably because Drain and Aspir aren't really "attack" spells per se. They do damage, but they're kinda off by themselves.

I don't think MAB help Stun either, for that matter.

[Metticus]

I don't know, I'm kind of 50/50 on the whole MAB thing for drain and aspir. On occasion i've drained like over 600 HP, could of been coincidence that the sorcerer's ring and pendant were in effect.

Btw, I love the new avatar there catwho

[catwho]

Thanks I got a friend who scours the net for FFXI artwork, and I've asked him to snag anything that has my character model. That is, I think, from an Enterbrain artwork advertising the WotG soundtrack. I was like HOLY SHIT IT'S MY TARU WITH HER HAIR DOWN

But i still don't have my hat. And I won't get the next one either.

*cry*

[aellaa]

Elswood :
And Aellaa, just feel that you provided me with something to fill my time with ! It wasn't really that your question bugged me so much as the fact it happens every so often. Now it can be easier to check up on things.

Lol, as long as that's all it is. This guide is still really nice. ^^

And you can just call me Aella. I had to use "Aellaa" cause Aella was already taken, and I didn't feel like being creative. >.<

[Fredjan]

I don't think MAB help Stun either, for that matter.

MAB has never ever ever helped Stun. Stun, for one, doesn't deal any damage. Therefore, MAB won't even affect it slightly. The only thing I go for to help Stun (and quite frankly, Drain/Aspir too) is in this order: Dark Magic Skill > Haste > Enmity- > INT > MAB. I honestly think drain/aspir are more improved by having higher dark magic skill than anything else because IMO they are too damn random to determine if INT/MAB helps them or not.

[Elswood]

reiterating the obvious always helps.

also edited the guide, has capped gear nao. think i'll add in stuff that just pertains to blm at and around 75 itself over time.

[Cairthenn]

Needful of sticky is needful

[rambus]

heres your drain and aspir:
http://www.killingifrit.com/forums.php?m=p...3175369#3175369

[Fionaa]

That's a really nice avatar, Catwho, perfect expression on a BLM's face

[Seraphicradienc]

drwaffles :

Cairthenn :
Only as gimp as your 3% Zipacna wipe. :love

Says the guy who's wiped to Zipacna numerous times, generally at well above 3% of its life. And I'm sorry, but getting bound for three and a half minutes, managing to survive through a combination of Chainspell + straight tanking only to get immediately re-bound after your current Bind wears is kinda cheap.

Zip can be a bitch if he wants. 3% and dieing is terrible luck =/ Darksteel helps tons. IDK if you had that or not.

*EDIT* I have Magnetic and like mine. I am, however, not a BLM main. I use it for the Conserve MP and Spell Interruption Down in RDM solo. I go against the grain I guess. =/

[rambus]

lest your honest.

[Seraphicradienc]

It's ironic that Magnetic was called a "poor substitute for a HMP earring" because a good friend of mine and I said the same to Static about it being a "poor substitute for a Communion Earring" since we are both RDM main. (Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing that point. I feel the same way if I was BLM > RDM instead. I'm just trying to show that from another job's perspective, the same arguments hold merit but in the reverse order. I'll just take whatever I can from a job with higher priority and see if I can fit it in for a job on slightly lower priority. Besides, go go 8% Spell Interruption down for Utsu on BRD or THF >.>) Neither of us get to play BLM enough to get use out of magic burst damage. ; ; It's all about your job priority I guess.

[rambus]

on any mage job i play + mp is always a last resort but that is just me.