Talk:Black Mage/Equipment Guide

I disagree with a lot of the early selections. Whilst trying to use the guide to decide what to purchase for my mage, I was extremely disappointed with the lack of availability for many items such as the Fortune Egg, Copper Hairpin, Blood Stone, etc. Smithy's mitts are 70,000 guild points! Guides are most often sought after by new players and I was highly discouraged by the in-availability of most everything suggested. I bought a circlet instead of the hairpin because you cannot buy a hairpin in San d'oria. The auction house is broken at low levels, full of people spamming level 1 items at 1,000 gil prices and it is nigh impossible to buy the items listed at reasonable prices.

Finally, I would highly suggest the Ash Pole at level 5 instead of the bronze rod. The rod gives +2 to hp, but the damage is identical to the L1 ash staff. The Ash Pole is much more useful in my opinion because its damage, 11, is over double that of the Ash Staff, which is 5 dmg. --Crazycarlt 19:36, 18 August 2007 (CDT)