(02-26-2015, 10:05 AM)Velaena Wrote:
- How do the job classes (SMN, SCH, BLM) play at higher levels?
- How is healing on a console? I've heard it can be easier because of the D-pad, but also slower? Will it make a huge difference?
- How are queue times for healers now?Â
- How could I RP as any of the aforementioned classes?
I haven't played BLM beyond leveling it to 50 for the sake of completion, and SMN only hit 50 because it shares the same base class as SCH, but I'll answer what I can! ... Minus the console question since I run on PC. Someone else will have to help with that one.
BLM is a pretty damaging class, as one might expect. You spend it alternating between two... modes, I suppose, of increase fire and ice damage interspersed with maintained the Thunder DOT. I think the biggest thing to figure out is when to use Flare, since its casting cost is "ALL." Basic rule of thumb I've heard is to use it with as little MP remaining and then switch over to the Ice stance for the boosted MP regen.
SCH (and SMN, I'd figure) are all about maintaining DoTs on your enemies when you're DPSing. SMN actually has a move on... Garuda Egi, I think?... that extends the duration of the DoTs, and your pet is actually for combat so you can let them do their thing or micromanage for some increased DPS gain. SCH have their fairy, which you can also just let heal on its own or micromanage for increase HPS. I tend not to and usually do just fine.
Healer queues are second only to Tank queues, and tend to pop in 5-8 minutes if not immediately. In fact, I believe I heard mention that they're faster with the raid dungeons since each Full Party runs two healers and only one tank.
As for RP, I think only BLM would be difficult to RP since Black Magic is verboten in Eorzean culture due to it being the spark that lead to the War of the Magi. However, there's nothing keeping you from playing a Thaumaturge ICly while OOCly being a Black Mage.
SCH you have all the various Nymian ruins with which to obtain a Soul Crystal from, or perhaps just from intense study of what remains of Nymian scripture and the like (though I'm unsure as to the accessibility to the latter).
SMN... I think its in resurgence so you could just be one of the folks approached to take up the mantle, but I kinda just breezed through the SMN job quests and haven't really looked into the lore on it.
... Um... hope that helps?
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