2009-02-15, 03:26 PM
For your first job build, I think that it would be okay to drop off the point of magic claw at the beginning and add straight into increase due to the easy quests that coast you through the first bit of first job on Ereb.
For your second job build, I would suggest 20 fire pillar -> 11 booster -> 20 teleport -> 20 reset/meditate -> 20 reset/meditate -> 20 booster -> 20 slow -> 10 magic armor, 1 fire arrow. The reason is the same as the reason many 3rd job F/Ps drop comp and many 2nd job I/Ls drop cold beam. In 3rd job, flame wizards get fire strike, which completely outdoes fire arrow, and should be added to first in 3rd job for reasons I'll explain later. Fire arrow is actually quite worthless considering how weak it is compared to fire pillar. Because you want to opt for fastest training possible as early as possible, 11 booster and 20 teleport after fire pillar are a given. After that, fire arrow doesn't have all that much time for usefulness in terms of training and is already very weak, considering that fire pillar only needs to hit two monsters to deal more damage than fire arrow. I don't think the 30 more base in 1 monster situations is really worth the 30 SP, which you can invest in slow.
In 3rd job, fire curtain for flame wizards doesn't look nearly as attractive as poison mist for F/Ps because of fire strike, which is incredibly strong for a 3rd job attack. It has 140 base on up to 6 monsters, and for comparison, ice strike only has 90 base, while explosion has only 120 base and is much slower. I'm quite sure that fire strike training will be faster than fire curtain training, purely because of its strength. Plus, you can get the essentials earlier by dropping curtain, like seal, which is extremely useful after getting meteor because of lack of freeze. I would personally suggest 30 fire strike -> 20 amp -> 20 seal, then start saving up for ifrit and meteor shower and such.
For your second job build, I would suggest 20 fire pillar -> 11 booster -> 20 teleport -> 20 reset/meditate -> 20 reset/meditate -> 20 booster -> 20 slow -> 10 magic armor, 1 fire arrow. The reason is the same as the reason many 3rd job F/Ps drop comp and many 2nd job I/Ls drop cold beam. In 3rd job, flame wizards get fire strike, which completely outdoes fire arrow, and should be added to first in 3rd job for reasons I'll explain later. Fire arrow is actually quite worthless considering how weak it is compared to fire pillar. Because you want to opt for fastest training possible as early as possible, 11 booster and 20 teleport after fire pillar are a given. After that, fire arrow doesn't have all that much time for usefulness in terms of training and is already very weak, considering that fire pillar only needs to hit two monsters to deal more damage than fire arrow. I don't think the 30 more base in 1 monster situations is really worth the 30 SP, which you can invest in slow.
In 3rd job, fire curtain for flame wizards doesn't look nearly as attractive as poison mist for F/Ps because of fire strike, which is incredibly strong for a 3rd job attack. It has 140 base on up to 6 monsters, and for comparison, ice strike only has 90 base, while explosion has only 120 base and is much slower. I'm quite sure that fire strike training will be faster than fire curtain training, purely because of its strength. Plus, you can get the essentials earlier by dropping curtain, like seal, which is extremely useful after getting meteor because of lack of freeze. I would personally suggest 30 fire strike -> 20 amp -> 20 seal, then start saving up for ifrit and meteor shower and such.