Underrated Job CombosFollow

RDM/DRK is a joke. We all remember Aphrasia. The only purpose for a RDM/DRK in a PT is for stun. In all else, they're just a waste of a party slot.

Anything not /NIN is underrated. Its really kind of sad how many jobs are forced into confinement of this sub. Its also really sad how NIN has been forced into a tanking role. I can remember partying with NINs back in the day and they were excellent DD and enfeeblers when allowed to be in that role.

So I guess my final answer is any non /NIN sub or a DD/Enfeebling Ninja.

Let's consider HMN scene.

RNG/WAR - You will die before the fight starts.
RNG/SAM - The fight ends before you make it into the alliance.

Yeah I thought it would be a good support job because of the extra TP from samurai not to mention the ability to use third eye so you don't die as quickly. =P

I just know there has to be something better than ninja as a ranger sub. Even thief, yaknow?

*shakes her head at Phyree*

Come now Phy, you forget me? And here I thought we were friends.
You forget the grace of the w00tga and the flying w00tga?
It was a beautiful thing.

*stalks off into the shadows*

Sorry Merodi, since I don't see you around much it was a bit of a out-of-sight-out-of-mind deal. ^_^;; But that is all the better for you since you are darn near the original RDM/DRK! Come offa /anon more. We don't talk a lot and I've known you since I first started playing! Haha, but I guess that kinda detracts from this post.

So how about those /PUP/s, /COR/s, and /BLU/s? Hehehe.

For some clarification:

EXP awarded to the party is based off the highest level in the party. If a party of one LV12 and the rest LV10s defeats a mob, the LV12 is what affects the EXP awarded to everyone. In addition to this, the LV10s get an EXP cut due to being lower level than the highest level. The cut is almost a direct proportion of (currentLevel)/(highestLevel), meaning that in this case the LV10s would get 10/12ths of the EXP that the LV12 would get. This is a severe cut for a 2 level difference, but as you reach higher levels, it makes less and less of an impact on EXP (assuming it's not hampering your ability to defeat the mobs).

A BST pet is essentially a temporary party member, meaning that if it's the highest level in the party, it can still influence the EXP everyone else gets. Consider the same party above, and say that the LV12 is a BST. Say that he charms a LV13 pet, and they defeat a mob with it. LV13 is now considered to be the highest level party member, so EXP is reduced, including the EXP that the LV12 gets. If the BST doesn't get rid of his pet somehow before the fight ends, he still gets the additional 30% EXP cut on top of that. (Nobody except the BST will ever receive this cut.)

Jug pets can never exceed the BST's level, so there is never any worry in a jug pet becoming the highest member of a party. Before, they used to also give the same 30% EXP cut to the BST if they were still alive after battle, but the big BST patch/"nerf" from way back when (December?) allowed jug pets to not impose any EXP penalties at all from being left out.

Hope that clarifies things a bit.


As for the new jobs being used as subs, /BLU is an excellent option for situations where you have to tank something and holding hate is not an issue. Cocoon is extremely powerful: 10 MP for a 1 minute massive defense boost. If you want an actual combo people might PT with, consider WAR/BLU. Heard tons of good stuff about this combo, especially at low levels. At mid-levels it can pretty much negate the defense loss from Berserk, which might allow you to keep Berserk up even in a tanking situation, allowing you to do better damage and hold more hate. I don't know about high levels, most WARs go /NIN by that point >_>

I've heard RDM/BLU can also be an absolute machine for soloing stuff without blink tanking it as /NIN. Protect + Stoneskin + Phalanx + Cocoon all together is an extremely potent defense.

nin/drk
rdm/smn
pld/nin
war/whm
war/drg
brd/rdm


you name it..

PLD will never ever outparser a warrior, unless the warrior is gimp as hell.

Nah you just cant, pld arent made of DD like Warrior.

You can try DD as pld and you can do dmg.. I dont doubt that. But you can not outdmg a war.

I have both pld and war. My pld DD gears are pretty pimp, but still no where close to my aveage war.

Correct me if I'm wrong.. but NIN/DRK is mainly for whoring attack, Souleater for Bladejin, and Stunning(Whirl of rage). Also a good tank or so I hear, since Stun gives fair amounts of hate.

WAR/WHM is mainly used as a support tank for PLD's on wyrms in end game. Also a popular job combination for nubs who think it'll help them become a better PLD, but in reality it does nothing but gimp our lowbie pt's. :/

I'm thinking BLU/WAR can be added to the list.

At least I feel like a beautiful and unique snowflake when I do /sea all ;p

Most blue mages appear to be going /nin or /whm. I generally go /war for tanking, and when I don't feel like doing that, there's /drk or /drg available for me to use.