drxq wrote:
Thank you very much Knarlfist for your help!
I have few other situational questions that I couldn't find an answer for in older guides (mostly it is based on experience)
Sorry for the many questions, I also hope other new Rdms found thee useful as well
Haste
1) what sort of prioritization you have in mind for haste for yourself and other melees? how about haste on tank?
2) Is it normal to do 6 hastes (you and 5 other melees) along with refreshing yourself + say pld? or do you have a limit to the top x DD and tank + yourself?
3) Do you always haste yourself? are there situations where you don't?
4) How about hasting jobs like blu and/or other mages like smn and blm ?
Refresh
5) How about refreshing jobs like Blu, drk and pld?
Enf:
6) what sort prioritization you have for para/blind/slow if the pt is killing too fast that you can only do dia + one of them?
7) I don't see poison mentioned, is it not potent to worth using?
8) Finally, how about enfeebles like Burn, Choke, Shock, Drown, Frost, Rasp with /blm ? not used?
That is all for me!
Keep in mind many of these answers are 100% playstyle dependent, mostly because of my race choice (Hume retail, Mithra Nasomi). You WILL have Taru-envy, if you are not a Taru, it's just a fact that they have tons of natural INT (some would argue most imporant spells are governed by INT, including Bind Gravity and Sleep. Spells you sometimes have to land or bad news bears) and also MP for days and a perfect Convert ratio.
I mention all that because my lower MP situation means I may not be able to haste every single melee in a pt, or I might have to cut some enfeebles to make it to next Convert timer. You are gonna have to learn this ebb and flow the hard way, thru practice and routine. I also often don't haste myself for the same reasons, even though it would lower your recast timers on the 2 cycles... oh well, I could always race change I guess!!
1) Always Refresh yourself 1st, and then go down the pt list in order for anyone with mp. If you are gonna Haste yourself, do the same thing, start with yourself. This will help create a good habit, that will aid you in chaotic disasters... if you notice Refresh off yourself, simply cast it on you and then start the list as normal, and you will have it up on everyone 90+% of the time. Haste on tank is mandatory (PLD or NIN both), after that hasting melees is optimal but if you have to cut for mp reasons, then do what you gotta do to make it to Convert timer.
2) BLMs have always been targets for resting to get MP recovery, been so since retail and that's why they have so much Clear Mind. If you have to cut them from refreshes for MP reasons, or only Refresh a DRK if they at half MP, then do what you gotta do. Never cut Haste off your tanks tho, that's a good recipe for disaster. In a perfect world, you can pt with a BRD or SMN, and get Hastega and/or March which will greatly cut down your duties and allow you to enfeeble Mob to the max. Also if you pt with a WHM, split the hastes with them.
3) I normally don't. There will be occasions in endgame where you must absolutely, like if you are the sleeper in lowman Dynamis, but by that time you will realize those situations for yourself and won't need our advice =p
4) Situational based on your MP and how fast you spend it. If things are smooth and you find extra time, do so for sure. If you just can't get your MP to last til Convert, let the SMNs and BLMs take advantage of Clear Mind and rest until it's time to nuke.
5) Same as above, in a perfect world let's say you have NIN SAM SAM BRD BLU RDM with 2 PL's curing the pt. For sure I would haste NIN and the SAMs if poss, and then Refresh the BLU so he can use his mp to increase dmg. If the pt situation isn't so optimal, start out doing it all and make cuts as needed.... just make sure you inform the PT that you are doing so, don't want a misunderstanding and them blaming you. Merely tell them that the comp isn't optimal, and you can't make it to Convert timer and are doing your best.
6) This might be Mob situational, and I'll give you a perfect example. At lvl65, Mire pt's are very popular. Mobs die fast, and most groups attain very high chains in this spot. Normally most RDMs would just cast Dia2, but I tried my hardest to toss in a Paralyze as well, because it lands good and hits hard on Lamia Idolators, and just one proc can save me a huge heal and therefore a ton of MP that would be used on said cure. In a normal pt that is killing at average speed, I would def recommend casting all of Dia2, Slow, Para, and Blind. Weave 1 or 2 in between each Haste.... start pre-pull Refresh yourself, Haste tank, mob coming in cast Dia2, Refresh a mage, cast Slow, Haste 2nd melee, cast Paralyze, etc etc. You will get the flow in time, RDMs are ALWAYS casting.
7) Poison 2 especially can be nice, it's just the case though that often PT's will xp on a mob family that it doesn't seem to land on, and/or there is no time to cast it with kill speed or your MP use doesn't allow fitting it in. Fine to drop it if needed, most mobs die too fast to get all of it's benefit anyways.
8) I don't do the BLM enfeebles. Normally I am /whm and don't have access. If you have BLM in pt, definitely let them cast those enfeebles even if you happen to be /blm.