Lotting orders

Even though I'm not BLU main I am a little concerned about some of the BLU lotting orders. Mainly the two already mentioned: Would think BLU should be at least on the same level as DRG and THF for Homam legs, and should probably be lower than BLM at least on the Nashira legs. I think if you put BLU on 2nd priority tier for Homam and 3rd for Nashira that would both keep the balance on the jobs right and also make more sense regarding how much use they have for each job.
 
I take it your saying you would wear homam rather then nashira on BLU.

I didn't get involved in the talks about homam myself as not really understanding what DD need but i think it probably should be THF/DRG/BLU.

On the same topic does Magic Acc not help BLU at all?
 
Magic Acc from my understand will only help on Magical-based spells, which in general seem to be less important than something like Accuracy, which affects both sword melee and physical spells, and also fast cast which would be very beneficial for not only Utsu, but I would assume Head Butt as well. The trouble with BLU is trying to determine what's better between the 2 since that's like the only end-game gear available to the job besides Crimson right now, and I think the consensus is in the majority of cases, Homam > Nashira for BLU, since not only does it help Physical spells, but melee damage as well.

I think you'd be pretty hard-pressed to find a BLU who would choose to wear Nashira over Homam, so making BLU priority higher on Nashira than Homam doesn't make a lot of sense imo.
 
It seems Homam is better suited for BLU then Nashira to me as well. Maybe change: Homam Cosciales - PLD/DRK > DRG/THF > BLU to Homam Cosciales - PLD/DRK > DRG/THF/BLU or something like that.
 
That is what i mentioned Eticket. DRG and BLU seem to be equal on all the gear imo from what i have seen and looked at for Homam.

I will bring this up with the others.

also going to bring up Nashira Manteel - BLU/RDM > BLM/WHM/SMN. maybe change to BLU/RDM/BLM > WHM/SMN. As i overlooked body being a good aspir/drain piece for BLM.
 
Changes made to Homam Cosciales.
 
Since the BLU body piece gives +15 Blue Magic skill (which, for all intents and purposes, blows +5 Magic Acc out of the water), I'd probably even say RDM/BLM > BLU/WHM/SMN on the Manteel.

I assume no BLU mains were in on the lot order discussion :o That's why I keep mentioning suggestions - not because I'm just trying to be a dissenter, haha. Haste is nice, but Magic Acc on body is crap for BLU considering AF. If it weren't for nukes, the same could probably be said for RDM on that piece too, but with /DRK and /BLM I suppose we could make use of the Dark skill too.


In the majority of cases, I'd say Accuracy > Haste > Magic Acc for BLU, at least until more end game BLU gear and merits come out. Magic Acc uses are limited to a handful of endgame fights (and then, usually only if it's safe to AoE). Sticking Frightful Roar or Enervation, and unresisted Mind Blasts or Heat Breaths are the only things that come to mind. The Nashira Turban is pretty nice for BLU given the spell interruption and +5 M. Acc on a slot that otherwise sucks for magic-based spells (AF isn't bad but..Turban significantly better). Other than that Nashira kind of "meh" for BLU, especially compared to Homam.

Really, when all is said and done, this all might not matter because it will probably be a long while before we get a BLU main who'd declare Nashira as their lotting rather than Homam - possibly not until BLU AF2 and AF1+1 come out, which will probably fubar everything anyways.
 
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