AoE (Everyone, not just BLMs)

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Originally Posted by IAmPotent

Three mobs or more and you should be using Flare.

Even on 2 Mobs Flare is a significant increase in DPS(260 potency x1.8 x 2 for 4 seconds compared to 150 potency x 1.8 x 1 for 2.5 seconds)

Using Fire2 on anything below 4 or 5 mobs is a waste, however.

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Flare is the exception, due to its high potency and limited use, not the rule. You could probably Flare single-targets and not have major DPS issues (I'm not a BLM, so I'm just basing off Flare's potency and knowing some BLM critting Flare over 2K)

ALL AoE (Flare and sometimes Holy, thanks to its potency and Stun, being exceptions) is bad below 4 mobs. Its just not efficient compared to single-target on 3 or less mobs. I'm also not counting Bane here, just because its, well, something else entirely (Bane all the things, please)