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Introduction
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At the time of writing this guide, I'm a Level 58 BLM/WHM on the
Midgardsormr
server. I played during beta, although not that much. I don't
claim to be an
expert of the class, but I'm writing this guide for two reasons.
One,
honestly, I see a lot of bad players who don't know how to play
their class,
and this is my contribution to curbing that. Two, there's many
things I've
learned playing through the game I wish I'd known on my way
through leveling up
to where I am now. This guide's short and sweet, and is designed
to teach
someone in thirty minutes how to play a reasonably effective
Black Mage.
The Ever-Short Table of Contents:
I. The Basics
a. Why Should I Play a Black Mage?
b. What Difficulties Should I Be Aware Of?
II. Designing Your Black Mage
a. Race
b. Hometown
c. Selecting a Subjob
III. Types of Magic
IV. How To Fight
a. Resistances
b. Magic Bursts
c. Timing Ancient Magic Bursts
d. Aggro Management
V. Leveling
a. Early Leveling (1-20)
b. Intermediate Leveling (21-30)
c. Advanced Leveling (31-50)
VI. Spell and Skill Listing
a. Magic Spells by Level
b. Job Skills by Level
c. Which Spells Should I Get?
VII. Contact Info
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I - The Basics
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The Basics - Why Should I Play a Black Mage?
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If you like blowing things up, pretty sparkles, and watching
large chunks of HP
slip away from monsters, Black Mage might be the class for you.
Black Mages
are an almost purely damage dealing class. They make things blow
up, and do it
well. Only Rangers can reasonably, sustainably match a Black
Mage in damage,
and Rangers do so at a high price (litterally) as well as a lack
of many
support functions within the Black Mage and his or her subclass.
Black Mage is
an exciting, explosive way to go.
The Basics - What Difficulties Should I Be Aware Of?
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Black Mages have low HP and armor, this makes them extremely
vulnerable if
caught unprepared by even a much weaker monster. Soloing is also
a much more
time consuming process for a Black Mage, however, they can
accomplish more than
most classes can by themselves (which really isn't much, by
later levels).
Money will also be a major problem until you reach the 50s.
Store bought
spells are extremely expensive, and you need a lot of them.
Fortunately, once
you hit 50, your spells are dropped, and this creates a surplus
due to a
minimal demand. But, Black Mages are very welcome in any group,
and this is a
strength..!
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