So... solo 1 to 75?Follow

So i solo'd Blue Mage to 69 (so far) and it's been a lot of fun :o

Well, i took up one single party around Valkurm, never even got EXP, died twice over nothing because we targeted Pugils at a level were lizards were probably better, figured i'd solo till i was higher to avoid the madness of Valkurm.

Then level 20 hit, and it was easy so i kept going. Level 30, man, tons of fun. Level 40 was a bit troublesome, but i could EXP on most things that i used for Spell hunting.

I never even thought of partying. I went from Spell hunting camp to spell hunting camp, raising in level after every couple of spells.

Naturally i had capped sword skill throughout the path up there, including now +16 skill from merits ever since Lv.65 so it wasn't all too bad, but it's been quite a long path.

Trying to get the last few levels through Campaign Battles now. (not losing anything, already got capped skill in everything)

I think i might be able to pull this off. 1 to 75 Solo.

Have there been people doing this as well? Is it an achievement? Any advise to speed things up?

Only spell i'm realistically missing so far is Body Slam. Should i wait till 75 for that?

So, want me to call it? Blue Mage new Solo job!

I took BLU to 75 solo long before campaign was implemented. Partially as /bst but the vast majority of the exp was done on Goblin pets with /nin, as I recall. Then the very late levels I solo'd the Imps to 75.

Campaign is an option, but you can also do Imps 61-75. Lots of Blus do that very often. Imp xp on Blu is very nice/easy.

69-75 on imps you will do at least twice as much xp per hour then you would doing campaing. The only reason I ever do any campaign on blu is to keep my campaign medal and I don't feel like gearing up rdm.


Edited, Dec 12th 2008 9:35pm by souleman

I solo my BLU most of the time. Most of my exp was coming from learning spell.

But instead of solo, I suggest you pick a BLU duo partner. All BLU spells in this game(sans body slam and exuviation, probably) can be duo'd with 2 BLUs. So you hit 2 birds with 1 stone. Got awesome exp and not worrying to get someone if the spell is not solo-able/hard.

i have duo till lvl 38 so far but i partener lvl to 75 and left me

Soloed BLU 68-75+80 merits in campaign battles only.

I must hate myself secretly a little bit or love pain.

This certainly piques my interest. I've soloed BLU to 25 so far. My play time is rather limited, so the majority of my levelling time is done solo. I usually go /WHM, but I've recently picked up the Anthos Xiphos and Nadrs and would LOVE to go /NIN for a bit of variety. What mobs would you suggest or, more specifically, what mobs did you use to solo up to 69 and what subs did you find most beneficial?

BLU is my primary sub for my primary job, DRG, but I hope to take it to 75 after I get DRG there.

Any info would be most appreciated!

Thanks, all

I have now solod to 42, and the new Fields of Valor is really helping me along. I've been burning through Tigers/Gobbies/Statues in Beaud Glacier with refresh and reraise from Field Support. Been capping skills on EM and T Bat Eyes. This job rocks!!!

I did it!!

I took some time to finish off CoP, get my Sea spells and got some BLU AF2 on the side, but i finished :o

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v196/Silverwolf_1985/BlueMage75.jpg

Blue Mage 75, avoided every EXP party there was.

I loved soloing this job. Now to spend the merit points i had build up just for this wonderful event ^^

I spend the last levels in Campaign. It was a little slower, but quite a lot safer than hitting up everything decent challenge and up.

:D

First of all, thank you. It's been a while.

Second, i have to admit i find your gear comments a little silly, seeing as i hit 75 only seconds before making a screenshot with whatever i seemed to have equipped at the time, not to mention i seem to recall you hitting 75 with far less yourself ^.~ But mentioning the use of half AF1 and half lv29 RSE wouldnt be nice.

I'm quite sure the achievement and possibility at itself is the main point of interest here, not the obvious fact that there is bound to be something better on a HNM somewhere in the world than some of the things i found acceptable for my solo play.

As for subjobs, i use a wide variety of them on any of my jobs (including *gaps* /NIN). But like everything in this world, a subjob is situational. White Mage is simply something i benefit from far more in campaign. There's no need to absorb hits with shadows and reduce the amount of points i obtain. And the use of /THF is ruled out thanks to the Quadav's Diamond Shell. By taking the hits and curing it back up, my points have always been high. Let's not forget, a free Reraise is a wonderful tool for when you're taking out the invading forces solo, or raise when someone else is in trouble.

Having left my server over a year ago, i don't honestly feel you can still comment on my old ways and habbits. Especially not those i take up when i'm all by my little self soloing my EXP in the most comfortable way possible. :)

I know we didn't part on the best possible ways, but this strikes me as simply attacking me out of jealousy or the frustration that i managed to do this.

All there is was the simple question, would i be able to solo a job to 75 that is not a Beast Master, and the answer is yes. Should i have done Limbus/Dynamis/ZNM/Salvage and Assaults for every day year after year obtaining all the pieces i could use before hitting 75 on Blue Mage for a better screenshot? Perhaps. But that was not the question i wanted answered.

All in all, it took me about two and a half, maybe three months. I got 220.000 experience points over the last 17 days (including the time i took off for spell hunting and CoP). If i wasn't able to re-use a lot of my Bard, Paladin and Monk gear it probably would have taken longer.

So for everyone out there soloing, and the tl;dr people who skipped over to this line,

Blue Mage is a viable solo job. It might not always be easy, it might not always be fun. But if you keep your focus, you will hit 75 in no time at all.

Edited, Dec 30th 2008 4:30pm by KojiroSoma

You would be surprised at what you can do if you think carefully and are forced into a situation. :P
I've kept my circle of friends small since returning, and tend to participate in very modest events, so I have had to do quite a bit alone when people were not on. There are some spells and things that are soloable with creativity and effort, despite what some people say. ;)



I actually know a couple blus who are equipped with homam and some sky/various gear and still don't know the first thing about the beast chart, or even spell modifications. It's been said to death over the years, but gear doesn't make a good player. A good player is someone who thinks on their feet, and uses the resources and tools available to them to reach their goals.
In fact, soloing a lot with blu has given me a lot of insight into the job, and some creative workarounds for different situations. Kind of neat.

Blue mage is one of the most complex jobs in the entire game, and fairly advanced when compared to some of the other jobs. It can be awesome or it can fail miserably, depends on who is at the helm, and the understanding they have of their current role or capabilities.
This also tends to mean that blu, more than most, can utilize and benefit from a good many setups (equip/spells/subs) to assist with their current role/activity. So, personally, I try to watch and ask questions about what other people choose so I can get a better understanding of what they are doing. Seems like there's always something new to learn on this job. :P


Edited, Dec 31st 2008 8:09am by AmanoJ

Solo 1-20 was cake.
After that I have been doing various gob pets usually averaging 3-4k and hour and upwards of 6-7k on some of my more recent levels. I had to party once in the desert to fill in a gap but everything else has been mostly solo. Currently 56