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As to people wondering about the DPS increase, here's some math.
There's a simple equation you can use to determine BLM pot/GCD (explanation here; if I got any of the numbers/casts phase wrong, feel free to correct me). Currently (2.1), BLM has...
(275 + .25 * 340) + (220 * .5 * .8333) + ((150 + 70 * .4) * 1.8 * 6) + (220 * .5 * .8333) = 2465.73 potency over 9 "GCDs" = 273.97 magic potency per GCD
With the potency increases, BLM has...
(275 + .25 * 340) + (240 * .5 * .8333) + ((170 + 70 * .4) * 1.8 * 6) + (240 * .5 * .8333) = 2698.39 potency over 9 "GCDs" = 299.82 magic potency per GCD
This means that BLM will see about a 9.4% (299.82 / 273.97 - 1) increase in total damage, which might as well just be a 10% increase.
this math is right, however, the number you get are quite different in real fight. i means, more higher the stats will be, more the effect of the increase of 10% will be important. and the magical damage of the black mage are already quite high, indeed the trouble of the immobility of the cast it's to take in account, but actually, in real fight... no one can beat a blm dps on fight of 1-2 minutes.