Mannequin parts, for example, are rare, not ex. Yet you can't sell them on AH. Take your own advice- think before you post.

Edited, Wed Aug 17 16:01:51 2005

Yes, I have played a mage and made it MUCH higher than you with RDM, BLM, and WHM. I usually play with RDMs and they handle the enfeebling so 99% of the time I am just nukeing or healing. The game changes quite a bit when you actually get out of complete newb zones. Your experiences in Valkurm Dunes where party leaders invite anyone with a cool name who's looking regardless of job do not even offer the slightest hint as to what's to come.

RDMs cast bio and dia for me. The only time I cast it is if I need skill and I cast it on top of their cast (only the same type of spell, however). Cure potentcy +10% is almost the same as having MP +10%. You get more bang for your buck. Since I usually use regen too it's more like MP +8%, but still very good.

The elemental resists don't really always bring it down to a level you can manage. The damage will be reduced but it's NOTHING like what you are imagining. Spells/bombs still hurt, and can hurt A LOT. And no, resisted spells are usually not the difference. More often it's whether or not the goblin drops the bomb. You really have very, very little idea what you are talking about here (to be expected from someone of low level wearing pointless elemental defense earrings and a +int ring as a WHM).

Mages don't melee. I have not seen a WHM or BLM melee other than when we were beating down worthless monsters for the rank 5 quest in a few months. Maybe in Valkurm Dunes they melee but once you actaully start playing the game and start fighting mobs that might actually pose a challenge the mages definately stop meleeing.

Your last paragraph was purely theoretical all right. You do understand the concept that your HP and MP increase with level because you start takeing more and more damage as the levels go on, right? You do realize that as monster level increases they have access to more powerful attack?

What the hell level cap are you talking about? Do you even play this game? If you are talking about the level 70 cap then guess what? You CAN'T use this pole and your subjob is disabled. If you're talking about something else then I don't know what to tell you other than the maximum level is 75.

Of course WHMs and BLMs do more than that. However, that is a vast majority of what they do. What else do you think a WHM should do? Cast black magic? Of course they can enfeeble but that's usually handled by a RDM and I'm still resting at the beginning of the fight because everyone has near full HP (a tactic you should learn, but probably don't know) and getting up to enfeeble would DRASTICALLY lower the amount of MP I have. When you get out of Valkurm Noobs, we'll talk then. Until then it's safe to say you don't know jack about your job.

+10 MP while resting is invaluable no matter how you look at it. If you rest for 10 tics you get an additional 100 MP. If you can't see how this is awesome you probably don't know very much about your job.

+10 elemental skill is like 3 levels worth of skill. Like most things in this game, skill is much more important than stats. This holds true with accuracy, enfeebling, etc.

+10% cure potentcy is like MP +8% - +10%. While these numbers might not seem remarkable at level 18, they will really begin to shine at later levels when it's MP +80 - +100.

Also, most people just don't get one elemental staff and call it quits. They buy two, one for their specific job and the dark staff.