Akujin, think before you spread misinformation. "HQ Dark Staff (Pluto's Staff) is useless for BLM." Yea, i guess it would be useless if you never use sleep/drain/aspir/bio etc.
This is one of the first staves you should upgrade to for black mage or red mage. +15% damage for blizzard spells and +15% more magic accuracy for ice based enfeebles such as bind and paralyze is a big deal.
The +10 Elemental magic skill and +5 Int are also things that make this one of the best nuking staves for red and black mage.
To Kaelya: It's common knowledge that it does in fact affect magic accuracy. Common Knowledge #1: http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=2&mid=1100188781864052639&num=15 In depth testing: http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=2;mid=114853354876329973;num=23;page=1 Common Knowledge #2: http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=2;mid=1197354093211094714;num=30;page=1 Many of these posts are by people who have been on these forums for a long time and have had extensive experience with the game. Please stop.
Yes this staff does have good nuking stats, but one could benefit a lot more from using the corresponding staff to nuke(damage +10% or 15% if HQ, plus the magic accuracy boost) rather than always relying on this staff to nuke which would really only increase the damage of non-ice spells by a few minor points. This staff is also a very bad choice to use for nuking when using Wind based spells (using the ice/aquilo's would weaken them by 10 and 15% respectively.)
"@ Dramis: yes, blm can benefit from hq light. Ever used dia so ur whm wouldnt have to? Ever had to backup cure? Or cure urself? Think about it. Blm, whm, sch, rdm, and smn all benefit from every ele staff."
@Dubont: Dia (like bio) is nigh impossible to resist unless you're fighting say, ahriman after they use their magic immunity TP move. If you're casting dia 2, use DARK STAFF to ensure it does 0 initial damage to not feed the mob TP. Apollo's cures just as much as Light staff does: 10% more.
+15% Increase to ice magic accuracy/damage
-3 Avatar pep cost for Shiva
-15% decrease to wind magic accuracy/attack
+3 Avatar pep cost for Garuda
blatantly obvious application for a summoner and blm. However this staff is also very useful for spells such as paralyze I(I) as that is ice based. Something slightly unorthodox which i sometimes do for NM's is using this staff with Hyoton(ichi,Ni,san) as the 15% boost also applies to ninjutsu. I believe it also directly increases a corsairs Quick Draw ability ice shot, and is a great nuking staff for blm's for spells such as Freeze I(I), Blizzard, Blizzaga etc as not only does it apply the 15% bonus but has INT+5 and elemental magic skill +10 also. oh and its the cheapest of the set on ifrit only being 200k, so not as much of a hole forming in your pocket ^_~
I apologise if anything is incorrect in this post as it is 4am and im really kinda sleepy >.<
As a Black Mage its very wise to buy the HQ over the NQ as guess what your be doing levels 50~75!!!
Killing the pets of monsters as your primary source of exp income of course.
Your gonna want those spells not resisting as much as possible so that pet and perhaps its master doesn't come over and kick you to next week. Cause its not fun to lose xp from death, and it sure as heck isn't fun to travel back to camp cause the timing of your RR earring just wore in middle of a cast that just got resisted 50% and you got a master and a pet swinging at you. Manafont and Elemental Seal not gonna be there all the time.
So buck it up and get the HQ versions save the Light staff unless you have other jobs that an HQ Light Staff would be worth while aka BST, SCH, BRD.
