Dungeon trash maybe.
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Mage lb has far more uses then dungeons just like someone already pointed out.
Also just as a note to some that may not know, Bard lb is actually stronger then caster. Obviously there are reasons you would use one class lb over another.
Before hw i really did not like that say smn, blm had the same exact lb same goes for drg, Nin, Monk
Now at least it "seems" different :)
Oh and yes PVP, don't you just get a 1 bar lb? I only recently got back into PVP so dunno.
Seriously! ^^. When I am on my NIN and asked to use my LB, I can zoom in and watch, but with all the action going on, other folks don't have the opportunity to do the same.
If we could view them, at least some folks won't be left out in never seeing (or using) their LB3 for the first time..unless your the strongest single target DPS at the moment. Hell SE, give us a full LB3 bar when engaged in battle with a training dummy out in the residential areas!
Nothing I've seen suggests brd/mch lb is stronger than caster, but maybe I'm out of date?
https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...l_limit_break/
Only one I can find saying other wise is here: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...the_brdmch_lb/ but their evidence is "it's generally accepted" so idk what to make of that. The wiki doesn't have potencies for phys ranged lb.
Either way, as others have said, 2+ targets better for ranged/caster lb, which is pretty often. The ones that get kinda shafted are healer/tank lbs
Ranged LB is weaker than caster's by about 10% from my experience. And even then, there's absolutely no reason for it considering the effective range is pitiful compared to caster, especially on trash pulls; the width is an absolute joke (its no wider than a roegadyn) and you won't hit a pack of mobs with how they pool over a tank.
It's the highest potency LB you can use for 2 or more targets. (e.g. Oppressor + 0.5 in A1S, last wave in A2S, Living Liquid + hand in last phase of A3S...etc.)
Specific potencies:
Melee LB1: 2300
Caster LB1: n*1400
Melee LB2: 5000
Caster LB2: n*3000
Melee LB3: 9000
Caster LB3: n*5400
Where n=the number of targets