Black Mages suck - Page 8

Holycow81 · 02-14-2005, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by desh

Why does it seem like so many ppl hate the Black Belt? Granted he is pretty worthless up until level 10, but after that he pretty much stays on par with the Fighter/Knight in terms of damage. It's like this: fighter gets new sword, and jumps up in damage, you level up some, and the black belt catches up to fighter in dealing damage, then fighter gets new sword, and the process repeats. But after level 42 or so Black Belt does more damage; I know 42 is a pretty high level, but I know most of you probably level up that high, and seeing your Black Belt/Master dealing out 2k+ damage is really cool.

True, but, unless you have other, better characters to back them up, they won't make it far. I once wondered why people hated them too, but then I figured "Hey, why not try a BB/BB/BB/BB game?" Still, they DO have their upsides.

About Black Mages, though... their actually my favourite class, but if you don't entirely love magic, then I can understand why one might hate them... they don't get terribly strong until aroung Elfland, when you get FIR2, LIT2, and ICE2, at which point it becomes unstoppable, if backed up by other characters. My favourite party is FI/FI/WM/BM.

ljkkjlcm9 · 02-14-2005, 04:28 AM

Ah now it is time for THE JACKAL'S view on thing.

The best party is.... Fighter/dead/dead/dead, yes it really is. Think it's crazy, try it! When he becomes knight and get's those low white magic, impossible to lose, plus you get 4x EXP, so it's all good.

My old friend always said fighter/fighter/redmage/redmage which is actually pretty good, but too expensive if you ask me.

Now as for the black mage controversy, I think it depends on which version you play. FFI NES yeah he's not all that important, though he does become a good fighter with the catclaw. I usually use him though because he saves time alot against those large groups of enemies, and the redmage tends to tick me off sometimes. Oh, and why would you give him the masamune? Any person can be a good fighter with the masamune, so you know what that means, WHITE MAGE. Give the white mage the masamune, because you don't need to heal EVERY turn, and he/she kicks some serious arse.

Oh and for all you people who say the black belt suck, you're dumb. He's actually the best attacker, and cheap, so why complain. I bet 4 black belts would be an awesome party if you put in the effort early. Just think, NO WEAPONS, and the heal staff later would be good in combo with potions, cause in truth people, magic wasn't all that useful in FFI NES.

Now FF DoS is a completely different story. Using actual MP, I can't say how many times the Black mage has helped. Fighting 9 undead people, my fighter is paralyzed, then my black belt, damn I'm screwed, FIRA all dead. It's quite nice. And with all the MP he does get over a redmage in that version, yeah it's better. And don't go saying I'm an idiot and don't appreciate the oldies, because I do and FFI NES was the first game I ever played myself, and I love going back and playing with all sorts of parties. Which makes me think, anyone ever beat it with one black belt?

THE JACKAL

JuandiegoMoogleLord · 02-19-2005, 12:58 AM

I SIMPLY LOVE ALL MAGE CLASSES. MY FAVORITE PARTY IS FH/RM/WM/BM AND ITS COOL TO PLAY THAT WAY. MAGIC ALWAYS HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF ELEMENTAL WEAKNESSES AND ALSO THE POSIBILITY TO DELIVER NON ELEMENTAL ATTACKS AND HEAL/REVIVE. USING THAT PARTY I HAVE FINISHED ALL THE NES GAME WITHOUT DYING ONCE OR SAVING. TO USE ONLY FIGHTERS IS DAMN BORING... KUPO, YOU REDUCE THE GAME TO PRESSING A BUTTON CONTINOUSLY. MAGIC IS GREAT, AND MP'S SHOULDNT BE A PROBLEM IF YOU ARE A SMART USER. IF YOU THINK THAT MAGIC IS WEAK, THEN I SUSPECT YOU JUST ARE NOT A WISE MP ECONOMIST. HOWEVER, RED MAGES LOOK THE COOLEST AND ARE INDEED MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS.