The Adventures of Tobatobu

The wayward travels of an adventurer.

I started working on my Dancer sub again for Ninja.
Having reaching 85 on my main jobs, I feel gimped with my 37 and 40 subs. The current sub level is 42, but if I get momentum, I’ll work them until 49.

I’m using an evasion build on Dancer, much like I used on THF.
At 24, I have a high amount of evasion that stays pretty high through the mid 30s. SAM sub for the store tp alone. /THF doesn’t lend any useful abilities. /WAR does give double attack and some extra job abilities, but faster TP allows the dance to use weaponskills more often without worrying about being left without cure.

Considering grabbing Rajas for this trek. The TP bonus would also be useful. However, I will need to leave behind my Tamas ring. Right now just using double strength rings, and 2 attack earrings. If I get in a sticky situation I can switch them out I haven’t found something to replace it on WHM. My build includes an empress hairpin and leaping boots. The only piece I don’t have but would like to is a Peacock charm instead of my spike earring.

Nyzul Tokens 129,400/150,000 86.3%
Alexandrite 10,972/30,000 36.6%
Assaults 30/50 60.0%
Trophies 1/3 33.3%

I haven’t included an overal percentage in this update, I’m reworking my overall percentage in order to better reflect the difficulty of each task.

For example, it only takes 30 minutes to pick up 800 Nyzul tokens or complete an assault. However 30 minutes of decent farming, might only give you 10 pieces of Alexandrite.

Nyzul Tokens 115,600/150,000 77.1%
Alexandrite 10,911/30,000 36.4%
Assaults 22/50 44.0%
Trophies 1/3 33.3%
OVERALL 47.69%

I just dinged 100 Woodworking.  Thank you to Amoro for supplying the final logs. 

Nyzul Tokens 112,000/150,000 75.0%
Alexandrite 10,893/30,000 36.31%
Assaults 12/50 24%
Trophies 1/3 33%

Limited updates since January. Mostly due to my lack of Salvage playtime.

Yesterday, I did receive the first of 3 of the Balrahn’s trophy items.
I just have Tinnin’s Fang and Tyger’s Tail remaining.

Nyzul Tokens 90,000/150,000 60.0%
Alexandrite 10,454/30,000 34.85%
Assaults 8/50 18%
Trophies 0/3 0%

I have finally picked up all the savage pieces I’m after for SMN & WHM.   Working on some Usukane for NIN.  With fewer gear pieces needed, I have been lotting Alexandrite Pouches which has increased my Alex income.

Current ETA: December 28th, 2018

Notes:  I need to increase the currently I buy, and go to more salvage.

I think I’ll work on a widget to display my progress.

Schrödinger’s Mithra:
Tobatobu exists both on both Ifrit and Bismark in some state until you ultimately /sea for him and find he is dead on Bismark.

About a month ago I made the server switch from Ifrit to Bismark.

I figured it was time for me to start posting here again.   At the same time, I’m moving the blog to my domain.

Thanks for visiting!

 I have begun my training on NIN/BLM and recently reached level 47.
Equiping my moldevite earring, provided me 5 more damage on unresisted nukes vs 1 int from a Cunning Earring.

Since the Black Mages, don’t like me in their solo xp camps I have begun seeking out a few more alternatives. 
With the release of Wings of the Goddess, several more camps have likely opened up, and chances are they are untapped.

I have discovered a few advantages to being a NIN/BLM vs a BLM/NIN:
First, I don’t magic aggro unless I want to.  This is because Ninjutsu magic isn’t arcane.  I can take advantage o this in a few situations.
For example: Temple of Uggelepih has a few internal camps which Tonberry w/ elemental pets are alone with the exception of a nearby pot.  Black mages can’t camp here since they will magic aggro, however NIN/BLM can.

As a NIN, I’m built ot avoid hits.  In most cases, Utsusemi will negate all damage, and I can get away with no damage.  The only exception to this is -ga magic.  

Using ninja tools allows me to avoid rest time.  Since I’m using tools and not mp, I don’t need to rest unless I get hit.  

The Cons:
#1 Ninjustu is low range.  It has a maximum casting range of 15 ticks.  BLM can fire off with 20.  I can get around this in non-magic aggro camps by just using a BLM spell for my inital pull.  This helps me since 1)  I can cast farther out, less likely to aggro the pets owner.  2) It gives me a larger head start on the initial -ga spell.   If an elemental casts waterga,  I can often run back to a safe distance and avoid the spell entirely.  

NIN/BLM does not have the high yield Ancient Magic.  Because of this, I am a bit relectunt to to try out the rabbit and bat camps.  The bats may not be so bad, but the rabbits attack quickly and have shield removing aoe.  Because of this, I am focusing on elemental camps, which seem to take greater damage from my ninjutsu than the other pets.

The bigest Con as NIN/BLM is no provoke.  This puts me in a secondary tanking position until I can figure out how to spike hate at the start of an xp party.   Once I take hate, I am usually able to maintain it, unless someone is fighting me for it.  
However, Haste is a must, since the lower timers make it possible to cast quickly, with less downtime. 
- Changes that would strengthen this:
At 48 I get burn, this usually helps vs resists.  And if so, more damage on my part.
more enmity gear, right now I have none, except or a +2 enimity belt that I can equip.
I use Melon Pies +1 for the int boost, but I coud sacrifice that for an extra enimty boost from food.
An Eris earring would easily give me +2 enmity instead of 1 int, a fair trade.  
At 60 I will recieve an extra boost in Magic Attk Bonus from BLM sub. 
63 will let me utilize Arhat’s set, a very good set for Evasion and Enmity.
At 70-75, there are too many options, but it will be very exciting.

At 51, I will need to make the choice on using Staves over Katanas.   I currently have a pair of swords with +5 int picked out for level 49.

Tobatobu reached Woodworking 97 today!