Opeth Wrote:I'd love to be as screwed as you say I am, but I'm not. People were always saying "Blast sux" so it was too late for me. Guess I should start pumping points into Blast now.
Yah I read alot before pirates were released about how transform + shockwave build first was the way to go. I have lvl 21 shockwave and max transform and I still don't use either one. I actually kill faster NOT transforming, and I save more pots. 3rd job transform fails pretty hard.
I'm not sure why Shikage recommends shockwave first. There might be maps in JMS that are better for shockwave like in Magatia where the maps are pretty flat, and you can OHKO a mob of them with shockwave. That would only be good for low lvls though.
Without blast you're pretty much stuck doing slightly more than 2nd job damage all the time. Failwave can only be used for 2 mins with a really ridiculous cooldown. Backspin can be used to stun a mob, then you come in with blast to chance at critical to all 3. Not to mention blast's delay is very short. At gobis, you can recharge your entire energy bar with only 1 1/2 goby houses. So you're using blast almost all the time.