I myself am addicted I never miss a match (Unless I have to sleep!) So I decided why not make this of something I know Best. Ballista!

1: What is Ballista?

Ballista is a team based battle where players from all nations can fight for fun and some gil. It's PVP (Player vs. Player) and alot of fun so why not try it out!

2:How do I join?

Well, my friend, you want to join? You need to first get a Ballista License Which I will explain later on in this guide. Next you must talk to Pursuivant in one of these 4 areas:

-Ru'Lude Gardens Up the stairs by the Mog house
-Windurst Waters just a short walk from the mog house
-North Sandoria By the the mog of course!
-Port Bastok behind the wall of the you guessed it Mog house!

The Pursuivant can tell you everything from Match times to what the rules are in the matchs!!! (also for Teleporting to Matchs, that's later on)

3:How do I get my License?

Well that, my friend, all depends on where your Home Country is. You must be Rank 3+ in order to get the quest! You must speak with your PVP Captain! Here's their POS and details:

Invincible Shield - Metalworks - G-8 (Bastok)
Excenmille - North Sandoria - D-9 (San d'Oria)
Mhabi Molkot - Heavens Tower - Clerical Chamber (Windurst)

These Captains will tell you that if you want to get a License you must travel to the other countries to speak with their captains. Know what that means!? Road Trip!!! Go to each country and speak with the NPCs posted above. Then you will need to speak with the leaders of the country: Karst, King Derstin, and Star Sibyl. Return home, speak with your Ballista Captain and your Home Nation's Leader and then you got your self a Shiny new Ballista License!

4: So now what do I do!?

This is a small guide that I hope well help any other BLM players out there. This is the first guide I have ever written so if it seems a bit chopy at times please bear with me. Now on to the guide.

CONTROLING YOUR AGRO:
A very important thing to learn as a BLM is controling your agro! Rember you have tiny hit points and that robe is just got looks. If a monster gets ahold of you good its over for you. You need to keep a close eye on when a warriors provoke is going to be ready. Most warrior will have a timer posting to group chat so you will have a general idea of when he will be able to save your butt again and keep in mind that the WHM is going to be using alot of the warriors provokes up so try to make him use it on you as little as possible. NEVER Chaincast on a mob in a group unless things look really bad! This simply produces agro that could have been avoided and causes down time for your party afterwards! The bottom line is most of a monsters hate list is controled by damage delt to the monster, if you nuke to hard to often you will find you self hanging from the teeth of something not so plesant!

CHOOSING THE SUB JOB THATS RIGHT FOR YOU:
The most common mistake when picking a subjob for a BLM is to think that White mage is the only choice worth making. You DO NOT want to sub any sort of melee so i will list the 3 main subs and why you would take them.

White Mage:
Making a white mage your sub job will allow you access to a nice new line of spells. It will allow you to heal and cast a nice range of protect spells and late game even allow you to rise. This sub job will give you the second best boost to your MP, a pretty low INT boost, a decent MND boost, and a almost unnoticable hp boost. You will gain Auto Regen later on, a second clean mind, and 2 boosts to your magical defense.

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