BLM needs more damage

[Zerathor]

Look, I know this gets said to much, often by people who don\\'t fully know this job, but this is kind of a fact right now that blm and sam need higher damage.

Our damage is good at the moment, but it\\'s equal to smn. Why on earth would you bring a zero utility "this job is only here to do damage" job over another job that performs equally, with higher mobility, that can also resurrect? Pure damage jobs need to have a damage edge over any other utility dps, or they aren\\'t worth having.

BLM is a very fun job, but the game\\'s current state is making it an uphill battle for them to do unending coil, and it\\'s pretty sad. This raid is pretty much going to force me to shelf my favorite job.



Give blm more damage square, please make them a viable option.

[Neela]

What Blms need even more is: to chill...

there are more than enough threads f.e. the one with 59k+ hits and 680+ answers...
3+ new threads a day about the same, meanwhile well known, problem are just exhausting.

[Shiroe]

blm need even more call outs, posts, threads etc.

so the devs see how "desperate" blm are atm

[Justuas]

Hpw do you know your dps? Can you give an example or two

[Zerathor]

What Blms need even more is: to chill...

there are more than enough threads f.e. the one with 59k+ hits and 680+ answers...
3+ new threads a day about the same, meanwhile well known, problem are just exhausting.

We'll chill out when devs actually recognize this problem. Casters in general have been in a bad spot since 3.3, but now blm is by far the least valuable job for a static, and that needs to change.

[Maero]

We do not need to "chill", did you and your fellow smn's when you needed fixes?
Blm community is normally the ones who do the less complaining, it has just got to such a bad point that is why we are more vocal now

[EllieShadeflare]

What the devs need to see is our cries for more damage. Not for utility, not for a raise (because let's be honest, in the current lore, BLM having a raise would not fit at all) and certainly not for anything that hurts our identity. We need more damage.

We're the pure DPS. This means that versus other classes who can fling a buff out (Including and most importantly Summoner at this moment and also Samurai) we should be outdoing them in DPS. By a pretty wide margin, actually, to make up for our lack of support.

[Valmaxian]

We do not need to "chill", did you and your fellow smn's when you needed fixes?
Blm community is normally the ones who do the less complaining, it has just got to such a bad point that is why we are more vocal now

Another example: WHM before 4.0. The glaring balance issues were immediately identified, lengthy discussions were had (often VERY heated), and positive fixes followed. As long as the discourse is constructive, these threads are helpful.

[Zerathor]

Another example: WHM before 4.0. The glaring balance issues were immediately identified, lengthy discussions were had (often VERY heated), and positive fixes followed. As long as the discourse is constructive, these threads are helpful.

Pretty much this.
There has been a lot of good ideas discussed, and any would work, but we just need something.
Either flat across the board potency buff, enochian % dmg up, make umbral hearts boost the damage of fire spells they're used on, ect.
All of those would work great, but it just needs to be done. A pure dps job has zero reasons to not be far ahead of all the utility based dps. Blm, and sam should have a massive lead over any other dps, but that simply isn't the case atm.

[Valdegarde]

There's a Red Mage thread right next to this one asking for damage too, and lest any arguments break out about caster balance comparisons, as a Red Mage I fully think Black Mages should be doing leaps and bounds more as the highest caster. Actually more than even Samurai I should think, since Black Mage has to struggle with most fight mechanics more.