Pondering early 4th job strategy

I would say at least get your blizzard to the point you can 1hit both red and blue harps(around 830 m.atk to do it without an ice Ewand with lv15 blizzard for a lukless mage. Only lv6 blizzard is required if you have an Ewand). And then life will be much much easier. Exp is definitely better than CL or other craps, and pot cost can be covered by selling leech easily.

Heh, if I could afford an ice wand, life would already be much easier!

However, my base LUK is 73, giving me 101 LUK with current gear, so when I get a Mark of Naricain I would be able to hold a Staff 3 or 4, so it's remotely possible that one day I may have either of those. Of course I haven't even priced these things, but since the "pros" go LUKless maybe the LUK ones are cheaper, and with CWKPQ dropping (some) elemental weapons maybe I have a chance.

I do not believe in selling leech, but so far my potion cost even when training with Blizzard is not exceeding my income. Getting to the point where I can get 2 Blizzards on one potion without HB (and without risk of dying) will, of course, make the costs even less. Considering that 3-hitting is 3-hitting whether it's just barely killing them on the third hit or they only have 5% life left after the second hit, I don't see my speed on jr newties increasing any time soon, so might as well add some "crap" skills that are used for something other than newties.