[lorrainecowburn]

I have been scooting around severals forums and can't seems to find the answers to the following: (I'm BST 75 SCH 75 Taru)

(I'm coming back to the game once I have time, so cannot tell myself)

- Would using "Penury" as BLU/SCH halve the cost of any "White Magic" Blue Mage spell i.e Magic Fruit?

- Do the 4 Clear Mind traits BLU can set stack with those already given by /SCH? I.e Setting 1 Clear Mind trait as BLU would in effect give me Clear Mind III as BLU/SCH, or would it just give me an additional redundant Clear Mind I?

- I aim to solo all my Blue magic spells as BLU/BST as a project. Am I utterly misguided, or just slightly optimistic? (/blush). (Yes I realise Asuran Fists / all Sea Spells can't be soloed really as BLU/BST but you get what I mean . .)

- Do BLU Magic, enfeebles, enhancing and healing spells get effected by Sword skill/accuracy or just Blue Magic level/INT etc?

- Is Regurgitation resistable over time by NMs just as RDM Bind is, or is it more/less reliable?

- If I set Dark Arts as BLU/SCH and cast Magic Fruit, would the fact that I am casting a white magic spell in Dark Arts still carry penalties?

- Frightful Roar, Stinking Gas, Filamented Hold. Are they all practical and usable in EXP against VT/IT mobs?

Thanks for your help, sorry for the noobish questions, and apologies if I have asked questions that have be answered elsewhere on the forums.

[lorzy]

blue magic != white magic

[Kyte]

Would using "Penury" as BLU/SCH halve the cost of any "White Magic" Blue Mage spell i.e Magic Fruit?

Sadly no

- Do the 4 Clear Mind traits BLU can set stack with those already given by /SCH? I.e Setting 1 Clear Mind trait as BLU would in effect give me Clear Mind III as BLU/SCH, or would it just give me an additional redundant Clear Mind I?

Ya, this is true for all traits in the game.

- I aim to solo all my Blue magic spells as BLU/BST as a project. Am I utterly misguided, or just slightly optimistic? (/blush). (Yes I realise Asuran Fists / all Sea Spells can't be soloed really as BLU/BST but you get what I mean . .)

I think that would work for most of them, except for sea spells (like you said) and probably Mind Blast.

- Do BLU Magic, enfeebles, enhancing and healing spells get effected by Sword skill/accuracy or just Blue Magic level/INT etc?

The latter.

- Is Regurgitation resistable over time by NMs just as RDM Bind is, or is it more/less reliable?

That....I actually can't tell you. I haven't used the spell seriously yet. However, I can tell you that the duration can be resisted.

- If I set Dark Arts as BLU/SCH and cast Magic Fruit, would the fact that I am casting a white magic spell in Dark Arts still carry penalties?

No. Only thing you would be losing out on would be the bonus potency from the healing skill.

- Frightful Roar, Stinking Gas, Filamented Hold. Are they all practical and usable in EXP against VT/IT mobs?

They work, although don't count on using Frightful Roar versus Colibri, since it is Wind-based. I never used Stinking Gas in exp, but I'm guessing it works just fine as well.

[Aleera]

I actually like using seedspray over roar at 75 only because it's a 1% difference in defense down, it's not AoE and can deal some decent damage at the same time (mine usually end up between 100-300+ depending on the mob).

I have a quick question about BLU/SCH though, since we're on the topic of it.. I've tried /SCH to play healer/DD in some situations, but I never seem to get my fruits much higher than before, even with the added healing magic skill from addendum: white and such.. Amidoingitwrong? I remember my fruits hitting like 411~ ish or so, but I don't have many gear swaps or what not for it. But I would think that from /NIN to /SCH the difference would've been bigger than 100HP~, no? What do you /SCH'ers use when casting fruit to get those 600~700 fruits? D:

[lorrainecowburn]

Seedspray is Fan shaped Blind learned from Qiqirns, not defense down. Sure you don't mean Corrosive Ooze?

And those numbers obtained by Magic fruit probably come from Light Arts + Apollo's more than any other factor.

:-)

[Corrderio]

No, they're right. The Qiqirin move is SANDspray.

[lorrainecowburn]

Oops! . . ah well, been awhile since I played then. /blush. Thanks for everyones help.

[Kyte]

With absolutely zero gear swaps, Light Arts still gets my Magic Fruits to 401ish. With a decent amount of +MND and a Light Staff they become 500ish.

I actually like using seedspray over roar at 75 only because it's a 1% difference in defense down, it's not AoE and can deal some decent damage at the same time (mine usually end up between 100-300+ depending on the mob)

Tbh very often I do the same.

[Aleera]

Hmm.. never swapped light in cause I was meleeing most of the time and needed TP and stuff. lol I can see it hitting 500ish then, but I dunno how some people get 700 unless they have some insane mnd gear swaps or something. I'll focus more on getting MND/INT/CHR gear a little later... I got a really nice CHR ring from ACP, though. Angel's ring CHR +4, augment: CHR+1 enmity -1 pet: acc +1 r. acc +1, which will be nice for stuff like Eyes on me.

[Kyte]

That is very nice, right now I just use a normal Angel's Ring for Eyes on Me. I can't really justify getting a HQ, since I don't really use the setup very often.