lolgaxe wrote:
Catwho wrote:
In XI this meant you had to have a separate staff, belt, and off hand (grip) for each element. That was 24 pieces of gear alone just to account for elemental variables if you wanted maximum damage.
It also required taking the weather effects into account, and to cast Thunder anyway.
Me as a young BLM in FFXI:
Me: Hey, I found a Fire Elemental! Obviously, I spam Water on it to kill it fast, right?
Mentor: Actually buddy, stick with Thunder.
Me: Wait, what? How does Thunder > Water on a Fire Elemental?
Mentor: Just trust me on this one...
And that's when I began to learn that in FFXI, if you weren't casting Blizzard or Thunder the majority of the time, you were wrong.