LVL 20 blm armorFollow

It's always a good idea to stop levelling and farm for the essentials. I would be less worried about your tunic and boots and more concerned with your current spell list and foods you bring.

Yes farm.
Yes it is worth it.
Your gear at that level is meh, and the level of meh depends on your race. If you are Taru then level 10 and level 1 gear is going to get you killed if you end up with hate, while you don't need PLD def. it would be nice if you can survive a hit or two...

Spare a suit? NO thanks. asking a lot of people that remember how much they paid for things like hauby's, vermillions and weskit's... I think i might not be alone in saying it's not unreasonable to farm 20k.

cheers

At Qufim levels as an Elvaan Blm I used this setup (should work equally well for any race really):

MAIN: Yew Wand +1
AMMO: Fortune Egg (if you have one, otherwise nothing)
HEAD: Trump Crown
NECK: Black Silk Neckerchief
EAR1: Energy Earring +1
EAR2: Energy Earring +1
BODY: Baron's Saio
HANDS: Garrison Gloves
RING1: Eremite's Ring +1
RING2: Eremite's Ring +1
BACK: Talisman Cape
WAIST: Mohbwa Sash +1
LEGS: Baron's Slops
FEET: Garrison Boots

Good (cheaper) alternatives would be (pretty much in order of desirability):

HEAD: Baron's Chapeau/Silver Hairpin (+1)
EAR1: Valor Earring /Energy Earring/Onyx Earring
EAR2: Valor Earring /Energy Earring/Onyx Earring
BODY: Mage's Tunic/Kingdom Tunic/Black Tunic (No head armor with tunics sadly)
HANDS: Baron's Cuffs/Scentless Armlets
RING1: Eremite's Ring
RING2: Eremite's Ring
WAIST: Mohbwa Sash/Talisman Obi/Friar's Rope
LEGS: Mage's Slacks (but really Baron's Slops are useful until endgame for mages, get them)
FEET: Mage's Sandals/Baron's Pigaches

All of the items shown provide useful stats for Blm and will last until at least level 29/30 and in some cases (Baron's Slops,Trump Crown) much longer. I have provided alternatives for every slot other then Main (Yew +1)and Neck (Black Silk Neckerchief) because they are inexpensive and there is nothing even close to being as useful for those slots.

Basicly my preference in terms of stats was hMP>Int>MP>Def>anything else

Since you appear to be a new player many of these items, even the second and third best ones may be out of your reach for now (although with determination none of it would be really) and in those cases select inexpensive items that at least provide decent defense. Fill all the slots you can with something that is beneficial, there are some pretty decent pieces that can be quested for little or nothing if all else fails.

Always, always, always keep all of your spells up to date and generally try to have the ones for the next few levels on hand Before you XP.

Finally do not forget food! If you are Tarutaru I would recommend cookies (Ginger or Wizard) or Imperial Coffee for the +hMP. For any other race I would recommend pies (Apple or Melon with the +1's being greatly prefered for the hMP)or similar food with as much +Int as possible with +hMP > +MP as a secondary characteristic.

PS - The Blm Forum is a good place for info http://ffxi.allakhazam.com/db/jobs.html?fjob=3 and is frequented by people with more experience then me with Blm at 37.

Edited, Nov 21st 2007 9:33am by Bladestriker