Black Mage Job Spells are disappointing.

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Originally Posted by Keoregh

...If THM get access to others classes, like Red Mage, will you really stay as BLM ? For a shield not really usefull and a situational root ?...

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This is one of the main reasons I've been recommending they swap Freeze, Apocatastasis, and Manawall with Blizzaga, Firaga, and Thundaga. Keep the high-tier damage spells on the BLM, make future THM Jobs trade that damage off for their Job skills.

I just made a thread about this. BlLM was fun at first but now that I'm lvl50 I realise it's nothing but fire ice fire ice

Huh? I find myself using all of my abilities. Yes, even Freeze.
Manaward and Manawall can result in some heals for other party members than you.
I am using Aetherial Manipulation all the time, I can often get one more cast off. Since I can just finish another cast, and then jump my way to a party member and dodge the AoE.
Freeze has saved my groups from wiping before.
Convert + Swiftcast = Love.

Etc.
Honestly. I find that A LOT of people blame the game, rather than to look into the mirror.
the BLM abilities can be used in an imaginative and efficent way. But, dear lawd Jebus in spaghetti heaven. That requires *gasp*.THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX!?


Someone who is good at thinking on the spot and reacting within a second, call it reflex or instict.
Will make great use of some of the abilities, while someone who is slower. Need a guide for everything, or just sits back and needs like 1 minute to comprehend what is happening, is not going to find any use for them whatsoever.

Btw, I don't disagree that there could be some more awesome looking abilities. Even tho I already feel pretty damn powerful playing a BLM.
I wouldn't mind meteors n shit like that :P.
But honestly. It kinda bothers me, and is kinda sad. When I see people literally calling abilities useless, that I find myself using all the time and to great effect.
'' Git gud '' does apply. That's not to say that we couldn't do with more flashy flash or whatever.
But I just find myself scratching my head whenever I see someone say that they never ever use Aetherial Manipulation for instance.
Or Manawall and Manaward. They're more useful than you might think. You just need to actually learn the fights and some decent reaction time. Anticipate it, and let your healer put just that little bit more focus on other people. Who knows, that one extra heal that goes to another person. May just have saved the group from a wipe.

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Originally Posted by DaKiddPiff

I just made a thread about this. BlLM was fun at first but now that I'm lvl50 I realise it's nothing but fire ice fire ice

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Basically. I played a BLM a lot in 2.0 and outside of AoE, this was it outside of thundercloud procs. It's as boring as you could get, spamming the very first fire spell you learned hoping you'd get a proc for Fire 3. The new rotation isn't really any better, making you work much harder to even get access to (and preventing loss of that access) to your next tier of elemental spells. That's crap.

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Originally Posted by NovaLevossida

Basically. I played a BLM a lot in 2.0 and outside of AoE, this was it outside of thundercloud procs. It's as boring as you could get, spamming the very first fire spell you learned hoping you'd get a proc for Fire 3. The new rotation isn't really any better, making you work much harder to even get access to (and preventing loss of that access) to your next tier of elemental spells. That's crap.

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Can you please. Reccomend me a job that's better than blm. Not star wise but I want. Something fun to play thinking about Dark night or astrology.tank you.

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Originally Posted by DaKiddPiff

Can you please. Reccomend me a job that's better than blm. Not star wise but I want. Something fun to play thinking about Dark night or astrology.tank you.

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Depends what you're aiming for. Regarding your distaste for BLM, I'd assume you wouldn't like the "get whatcha see" classes. So probably a no go to PLD, WAR, WHM, SMN, maybe MNK/DRG depending how you view "just another punch/kick" or "just another thrust/jump". So maybe AST, DRK, MCH, NIN and SCH might be more up your alley.

Edit: Eh scratch MCH, if you feel that BLM is boring for spell effects going by your other thread and posts, you wouldn't find any enjoyment in MCH's rather dull animations.

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Originally Posted by Greedalox

Depends what you're aiming for. Regarding your distaste for BLM, I'd assume you wouldn't like the "get whatcha see" classes. So probably a no go to PLD, WAR, WHM, SMN, maybe MNK/DRG depending how you view "just another punch/kick" or "just another thrust/jump". So maybe AST, DRK, MCH, NIN and SCH might be more up your alley.

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Thanks. I wanted to try being a tank or white mage second go arround. Duty finder will be much better to me. I've been wanting to try ninja for soo long though. Ahhh decisions decisions. I will do more research. Really leaning towards the drk right now

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Originally Posted by DaKiddPiff

Can you please. Reccomend me a job that's better than blm. Not star wise but I want. Something fun to play thinking about Dark night or astrology.tank you.

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I like SMN the best. Plenty of things to do, lots of variety, and you feel godly destroying packs of mobs. I didn't care for DRG 3.0 rotation, got tired of NIN mudra lag, and don't have the patience for greased lightning. DRK's above 50 and I like that quite a bit, so if you already were leaning that way, it's a lot of fun.

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Originally Posted by DaKiddPiff

I just made a thread about this. BlLM was fun at first but now that I'm lvl50 I realise it's nothing but fire ice fire ice

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This thread is 2 years old. You just bumped a two year old thread to say "I made a thread. Come see!"

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Originally Posted by Belmore

The problem (for me at least) is that becoming a Black Mage didn't "feel" as epic as it should. It's one of the iconic FF classes, and even the in-game BLM quest text got me all excited in anticipation for what must be the most amazingly DESTRUCTIVE skills I was about to unlock. Needless to say this is not what happened.

It was a bit of a letdown when I think of the other Jobs. Now I'm not 100% sure what happens when you unlock other jobs, but compared to Summoner at least, the "cool factor" just doesn't compare. Where's the thing my BLM can bust out so everyone KNOWS they're dealing with a BLM here, and not just some chump THM? When I see a Bard sing, a Summoner's Ifrit or Titan, or even a Scholar's Fairy, I KNOW they have their jobs unlocked, and they look and feel nifty. How come I can't cast an awesome BLM spell so that everyone KNOWS I'm a freaking BLM, and I'm not to be trifled with?!?!


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The transition from Arcanists to Summoner isn't as epic as you think. It goes from being able to summon carbuncle to being able to summon a pokemon version of the Primals. The main spells are still poison DoTs which to this day I can't figure how Summoner ended up with them in their base class. Its not until level 60 that we move towards more of an Evoker where we invoke the power of Bahamut and gain Deathflare.