Quote Originally Posted by Malphius View Post
Sure I did KRT all the time but do you mean MNK burn or BLM burn? It doesn't matter.

Yes it's Apples and Oranges and that's the intention. No SAM or WAR can't do everything a melee WHM or GEO can but it doesn't matter because they are better rewarded for their 1 function. A melee mage will never create the kind of points off of meleeing that a DD will regardless of what they are doing. They won't be curing much so what's left? Paralyze? Dia? Who cares you don't get rewarded for it. You are rewarded for not buffing and not debuffing because as you yourself have noted, you are only well rewarded for 3 things. There is a lot of incentive to let people get beat up on.
no.. WHM burns....thought that would have been obvious.

And yes, go back and read the list. We are supposed to get rewarded for buffs and enfeebles, as well as resists, raises, and mp recovery.

There is a LOT of potential in there for mages to exploit. The problem is it doesn't currently appear to be weighted properly for mages to take advantage of these categories (or people haven't really exploited it very well yet).

Therein lies the problem. If people aren't willing to try, will we ever truly know the potential?

All I can say is, from my ~1 hour test with WHM, I was encouraged...just didn't have time to tweak the build in that short span (still have older gear in the macros). I just have some stuff I need to do on NIN atm, so gonna be on that for a while. Eventually though, I will be getting on BLM to see what I can pull off with everything in it's arsenal...more accustomed to working with that job. It should be fun.