Volkaru wrote:
It still needs some work, though. A lot of physical spells have way worse accuracy than they should on retail. Some people are speculating that +accuracy from gear isn't counted into physical blue magic on here. There are also still issues with burst affinity for some spells.
Accuracy from gear is absolutely counted here, and if your acc is bad you need to re-examine your gear, food, and enemy choices. BLU is a 1h DD so you will need to gear for that instead of easy-mode 2h DDs. Don't cast single hit DD spells like DD, DS, VC, etc. without Sneak Attack, and feel free to eat (sole) sushi like we did on retail. BLU is one of the more gear dependent jobs in the game tbh, you can't really slum it and do a good job. My advice is
if you want to cast it, gear for it! Learn what your spell mods are and make mountains of equipsets. I see a lot of BLUs not constantly flashing and getting meh numbers.
Aquameo wrote:
I made an Eyes on Me build w/ +44 CHR. It does 400ish dmg...... /cry
BLU magical nukes are roughly equivalent to a tier III nuke, and you have at best RDM Matk traits and fewer gear options. They're not the most efficient way to deal damage or the way to get epeen numbers. You should use them in the situations where they're most useful... use them against mobs with Perfect Dodge or Invincible, physically resistant monsters, monsters that are weak to the spell, magic bursts, and in zones where they are most favorable. Get an Obi and use Eyes on Me against a dragon in Limbus, or use it against statues, bosses, and PLDs/THFs in Dyna.