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I'm not sure if this is a "me" thing, or if it's an ACN/SMN thing, but no matter how hard I try, I just cannot DD *fast enough*.
Like, if you want a DD to kill something big, no problem. Heck, as an ACN especially, I can solo a lot of really "big" things, at least in my mind. But it takes time. Putting on DoTs, keeping my pet up, and tossing in a few shots of ruin or using energy drain, I can kill things. Sure.
But none of the encounters I ever join are ever "kill this", it's "kill this thing in 10 seconds", and it's like, I'm sorry, there's just no way. Ruin isn't powerful enough, and my DoTs all tick for 15 seconds or more.
So it's frustrating. It's like, I play as arcanist because I love what I can do solo, and my versatility, in particular. I play as a scholar because I do enjoy being able to provide support, and healing in dungeons is something that I'd like to get better at. And I play as a summoner because the story and lore is interesting to me.
So this isn't a "I don't like my class/job" post as much as it's, I don't think I can do DD the way SE seems to want DD to work, and maybe when I join your party I'll need to heal.
The real question, I suppose, is whether people would rather a WHM at that point. I mean, I <3 Eos, and *she* will get things like esuna, but I won't. Of course I never run out of MP either. XD
(But really, is it me, and something I should be able to do better with, or is it just... really difficult to be that sort of DD as ACN/SMN?)
On a completely different note, pretty.
Definitely pretty.
It's an ACN thing. Your personal damage comes from damage over time effects, so you're limited by how fast you can get those going. The burst you get is what you push out of your pet, which you'll get abilities later on that do that, and Fester which uses Aetherflow. So, it's not your fault, and it does get better by 50!
As for SCH, you do get Esuna! We get it at 40, it's called Leeches. WHM and SCH are really well balanced, and it's actually best to have both in a full party.
Your damage becomes really obvious if you have a tank that can hold group threat and you use Bane - if there's three mobs, your dots alone can get the two that aren't being attacked by the other DPS down to 75% or even 50% by the time the first one dies!
First off, listen to Sevti. She's right /nods
It's okay to be dissatisfied with Damage output, it's what inspires us to be creative and come up with new maiming techniques! How many times in FFXI have players changed jobs from what SE intentioned? Always? Don't feel constricted by their lack of imagination ;3
Thanks all =) And yeah, I'm totally not going to give it up! I've actually been learning (somehow!) a ton going through Longstop over and over on SCH, in particular. My first time there I was panicking just to heal everyone, and this last time I was able to cross-class cleric stance and do some reasonable damage while keeping everyone up!
I think the same may help with SMN as well, as I continue to play, but I'm currently enjoying healing/support + off-DD, so that's where I'm focusing~ However, once I get a summoner's horn, all bets are off XD
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At 38 you will get ruin 2 which is a nice boost in damage from ruin 1...plus its faster. When soloing dont forget to use clerics stance from conjuror to swap mnd and int for more damage while letting Eos heal you.
