[Jonzu]

I've talked to a few people and read some posts online (including the stickied sub job guide here) but I'm getting conflicting answers

want to find out what is viewed as being the better sub for solo, /dnc or /sch

I came back to the game recently after leaving almost 4 years ago, so dont have much experience with these 2 jobs yet

to me, /dnc would have cures/erase/debuffs that use tp and could be used while silenced but that would become a decision between using tp for those or chain affinity (looks like this problem will be lessened once the cap is 80+ due to reverse flourish)

and /sch would give me boosted cures/drain/aspir and other spells and sublimation (and can aoe blu buff spells if i went /sch for pties)

so, which sub has an edge for solo or is just the better sub period? (dnc kind of appeals to me more but I have lvled whm to sub lvls and blm to 75 so doing sch wouldnt be a problem)

[rambus]

/nin?

we do get cures, and soloing what

[Jonzu]

got /thf and /nin taken care of and talking about soloing for exp/merits/campaign (never done that yet)

[Andy]

for exp or merits, I'm assuming you mean on things like Imps?

/nin hands down. Bring some echo drops and you're fine. Amnesia isn't going to do anything to you.

I've seen people do /sch in campaign, and even main healing a meripo once, and they've done okay, but outside of those two I'm not too sure what you'd really use it for.

/dnc doesn't really give you too much that you don't already have. Even if you're not 75, I'd still think headbutt -> shadows + wild carrot/magic fruit would be better than waltzes.

[Raldo]

I agree with what others have said, but since no one else has addressed it...

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and /sch would give me boosted cures/drain/aspir and other spells and sublimation (and can aoe blu buff spells if i went /sch for pties)

Unless they change something when the cap is raised (and I highly doubt they will), SCH stratagems do not function with BLU spells.

[Terranova]

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Unless they change something when the cap is raised (and I highly doubt they will), SCH stratagems do not function with BLU spells.

Healing magic skill does have an effect on Blue Magic, contrary to logic. And /SCH + Light Arts raises it to a B+ for your main job. It makes a MASSIVE difference when I have to back-line heal on BLU. I haven't tried HP/MP draining blue magic with Dark Arts, but I wouldn't be surprised if it functions the same way.

[olo]

Terranova, on 06 May 2010 - 11:24 AM, said:

Healing magic skill does have an effect on Blue Magic, contrary to logic. And /SCH + Light Arts raises it to a B+ for your main job. It makes a MASSIVE difference when I have to back-line heal on BLU. I haven't tried HP/MP draining blue magic with Dark Arts, but I wouldn't be surprised if it functions the same way.

I think he is talking about Accession, not the arts. Sounded like he was replying to

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(and can aoe blu buff spells if i went /sch for pties)

You would be restricted to buffs from /sch and nothing Blu would be made aoe, only through diffusion.

[Jonzu]

kk was confused on that someone told me that accession and blu spells like refueling work together but the wiki said nothing about it

[Ethican]

yeah ascension won't aoe blu spells. but diffusion will. it has a 20 minute timer unless you wanna put more than 1 merit into it.

[rambus]

save to assume that you can not AoE blu spells since no other sch ja works with them.

Rapure does not work with any healing spells on sch/blu, cant accession , penurt and celerity

This post has been edited by rambus: 07 May 2010 - 07:16 PM