BLM needs more damage

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Originally Posted by Llugen

Freeze and subezero

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I want to flesh it out a bit

Since both the trait proposed and flare are learned on lv 50, let's bake it to the main spell

Once you cast flare you gain subzero effect (though maybe calling it frostburn might sounds..........cooler) it makes Freeze instant, cost 0 MP and deal bonus dmg

On lv68 enhanced UB makes freeze or the effect grant umbral hearts too

I'm not even sure it needs to be instant cast, it just needs to cost zero MP so you can cast it immediately after instead of waiting for MP tick from clunky old Transpose. Increased potency would be cool, but the mere fact(s) that it gets you back into Umbral III and gives you three Umbral Hearts would basically be enough incentive to use it already.

Also, the name Sub-Zero was suggested by Eloah in one of the threads and I adapted it to include Umbral Hearts at 68, so shoutouts to them for the idea.

You are right he was the one suggesting, should be more respectful
The instant castwas just to make it in line with the other procs we have
Also the dmg bonus is to keep the dmg rolling while keeping the general dmg of freeze down (so it's not better than B3 for ST)

In other news what if, for each UB you consume you shove 5 secs off foul?

Might be mentioned before but they could always give a stance that allows casting while moving with a heavy penalty to movement speed. Would help when you need to to move by a millimeter just to avoid that damn AoE and feel like beating Touhou lunatic mode. Give it like the warrior treatment and give stance change a 10 sec recast to avoid abuse.

While I think it might be a tad radical at this point to overhaul the BLM "stick your landing" style of ranged DPS, I spent a little time in a competitor MMORPG and have to admit that being able to strafe while channeling a spellcast is fun. I'd forgotten that it's actually rather enjoyable to retain at least some mobility while casting.

Balance and identity concerns aside, I don't see that happening here in any form unless SE feels like revamping all BLM casting animations to allow for simultaneous walking. Slipping and sliding without moving our legs and feet might seem kind of cool at first, but I suspect that the overall effect would look hilariously glitchy.

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Originally Posted by Cynfael

While I think it might be a tad radical at this point to overhaul the BLM "stick your landing" style of ranged DPS, I spent a little time in a competitor MMORPG and have to admit that being able to strafe while channeling a spellcast is fun. I'd forgotten that it's actually rather enjoyable to retain at least some mobility while casting.

Balance and identity concerns aside, I don't see that happening here in any form unless SE feels like revamping all BLM casting animations to allow for simultaneous walking. Slipping and sliding without moving our legs and feet might seem kind of cool at first, but I suspect that the overall effect would look hilariously glitchy.

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Move all animations up about four inches and you're just hover casting. Ez.

Tbh at that point you would be a nerfed version of a ranged, which begs the question of why not simply playing BRD/MCH

An interesting thought i had was you could tie instant casts to being in full umbral ice. So in a fight you can choose to trade raw dps for mobility if needed.

If they really wanted something like that, they could work on a simmilar thing to pvp, have F3 and B3 to be instant on opposite elements letting you use that to mess up situations instead of transpose and be better. But that would be weird on current 13s AF timing on top of not helping with BLM's biggest issue that is: having low damage when played well.

The potency of BLM imho needs a real address, if they want us to be a turret caster the average potency of spells needs to be much higher to compensate for the loss of it during movements

edit: and the absence of any synergy for it's dmg type