Mithano said:
Career WHM here.
BLM is essential for one thing - elemental seal. If you do any kind of endgame stuff, being able to eseal slow mobs is critical. That aside, unless you use it a lot for transportation and warping, you don't need to have it. Especially now that whm gets repose, having the sleep blm normally gave is no longer needed. I personally always /blm, but that's because I move around a lot in game.
SCH is very nice, and a great one to use. I'd say it's about on par with /smn from what I've seen. I wouldn't complain about a whm who wanted to do either full time, I have whms that do both.
DRK is also a great sub to have if you do endgame, for having stun. DRG is also a fun toy, using High Jump to remove enmity can be interesting. Both of these are very specialized and not common, though.
I would say SMN = SCH > BLM > DRK/DRG > RDM > anything else for most situations.
BLM is essential for one thing - elemental seal. If you do any kind of endgame stuff, being able to eseal slow mobs is critical. That aside, unless you use it a lot for transportation and warping, you don't need to have it. Especially now that whm gets repose, having the sleep blm normally gave is no longer needed. I personally always /blm, but that's because I move around a lot in game.
SCH is very nice, and a great one to use. I'd say it's about on par with /smn from what I've seen. I wouldn't complain about a whm who wanted to do either full time, I have whms that do both.
DRK is also a great sub to have if you do endgame, for having stun. DRG is also a fun toy, using High Jump to remove enmity can be interesting. Both of these are very specialized and not common, though.
I would say SMN = SCH > BLM > DRK/DRG > RDM > anything else for most situations.
I don't mean to flame you, but I question your SMN = SCH statement. I fail to see how /SMN can keep up with /SCH. /SMN get 1MP/Refresh, which is nothing compared to Penury and Light Arts, and Sublimation is pretty equivalent to the Max MP Pool /SMN gives you.
