Originally Posted by
Scuro
Agreed.... what the shit are you two talking about, BLM is nothing but heavily desired for content, the only content it doesn't take much part in is probably the ToAU revamping, but thats also because BLM never really was utilized for that content in the first place. BLM is justified in Voidwatch, Abyssea, Legion which is most of the key content to do in FFXI... I'm lost as to how the content has not only brought back BLM, but made it a foundation for the content.... I mean thats like saying "Lets bring back White Mage as the primary healing class!" That's been done... Cure V and Cure VI have pretty much made WHM the unsurpassable pinnacle of healing.
.... This is 2012, they made a fix to BLM's enmity issues.... its called Enmity Douse.... sounds like you should try it sometime. Using SMN's for magic damage? What the shit are you talking about lol? The only magic damage you rely on with a SMN, is to proc in Voidwatch.... I've never heard of someone deciding to go with a SMN over a BLM for nuking capabilities and if you can name a few people, please report them to your closest GM for a ban, because it is clear they are hazardous to the community. While the only point I do agree with is that the enmity system is flawed because it is capped to a standard for 75 jobs, in which not most of the jobs could hit the cap, but now, many of the jobs can easily hit the hate cap making tanking for PLD's very difficult with out restraining damage output. Yet the SE's solution to your problem as well (while I hate that this is the solution) bring a THF... they can use collaborator and all that hate moderating abilities in order to balance the hate of a group to be focused on the tank and not on your squishy mages. While it's a shit idea to rely on THF, it is the way to do this.
In Short:
The content has already brought back BLM with its mandatory procs in Voidwatch and its yellow procs in Abyssea, as well as its debatable uses in just about all content, idk sounds like you need to play BLM more and pay more attention to shouts...