Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

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11-29-2016, 09:50 AM
StouterTaru

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Originally Posted by Madrone

Wouldn't you have to wait for an mp tick for that B4 (unless piety >= 310), whereas you never wait for the mp to cast T1 if Piety >= 284? So your statement is true if Piety <= 283 or tick timing was perfect. Its not true if Piety is between 284 and 309 and tick timing wasn't perfect. Its true again, if Piety is 310+ or tick timing was perfect.

If you're always casting T1 after B4, then the math is the same as always casting T1 before B4, and the piety stays the same. You're looking at:
B4 (no tick) > F3 > F1 + 4xF4 > B3 > T1
vs
T1 (no tick) > F3 > F1 + 4xF4 > B3 > B4

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Originally Posted by Aloise

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So your formula is for all Thunder damage, assuming recast of T1 if you don't get a proc?

I guess you could use that to compare whether or not it's worth casting any Thunder at all if you get a quick MP tick in UI, but it doesn't take that much math to get the answer. The entire rotation without Thunder is around 150 PPS (using your 2.2s GCD), so adding thunder will be a dps gain 99% of the time.
11-29-2016, 10:40 AM
Aloise

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Originally Posted by StouterTaru

So your formula is for all Thunder damage, assuming recast of T1 if you don't get a proc?

I guess you could use that to compare whether or not it's worth casting any Thunder at all if you get a quick MP tick in UI, but it doesn't take that much math to get the answer. The entire rotation without Thunder is around 150 PPS (using your 2.2s GCD), so adding thunder will be a dps gain 99% of the time.

When you cast T1, it and the resulting procs will sum to an average of a 175 PPS attack to your rotation. F4 adds, always, a ~190 PPS attack to your rotation. Getting in an extra F4 instead of a T1 is a PPS gain, and this does not take into consideration the fact that you might have to sacrifice multiple F4s to get to that 175 PPS Thunder chain. Re-read my statement. I have two conditions attached to when casting T1 is a PPS loss, and they are fast tick + lose a F4 as a result. Whether or not it's a PPS loss when you don't lose a F4 is in the air.
11-29-2016, 11:26 AM
StouterTaru

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Originally Posted by Aloise

When you cast T1, it and the resulting procs will sum to an average of a 175 PPS attack to your rotation. F4 adds, always, a ~190 PPS attack to your rotation. Getting in an extra F4 instead of a T1 is a PPS gain, and this does not take into consideration the fact that you might have to sacrifice multiple F4s to get to that 175 PPS Thunder chain. Re-read my statement. I have two conditions attached to when casting T1 is a PPS loss, and they are fast tick + lose a F4 as a result. Whether or not it's a PPS loss when you don't lose a F4 is in the air.

You're not sacrificing multiple F4s; you're sacrificing F4s, F3s, F1s, B3s, and B4s by making your rotation take longer.

The only time you actually sacrifice a F4 is after your 2nd B4. At that point, you're giving up a F4 for a T1, clipped TC, and an extra F1 (since you have 3300 MP when Enochian falls). Casting those increases the dps of your entire rotation more than a single F4.
11-29-2016, 11:32 AM
Aloise

Quote:

Originally Posted by StouterTaru

You're not sacrificing multiple F4s; you're sacrificing F4s, F3s, F1s, B3s, and B4s by making your rotation take longer.

The only time you actually sacrifice a F4 is after your 2nd B4. At that point, you're giving up a F4 for a T1, clipped TC, and an extra F1 (since you have 3300 MP when Enochian falls). Casting those increases the dps of your entire rotation more than a single F4.

You are speaking in terms of a single 30-25-20s Eno cycle, I am speaking in terms of an entire fight. You push your GCDs back by having to cast T1 and use T3Ps. Because Enochian is up before the 20s Enochian is over, the quicker you can get to the end of it, the quicker you can pump out more F4.
11-29-2016, 11:51 AM
StouterTaru

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Originally Posted by Aloise

You are speaking in terms of a single 3-Eno cycle, I am speaking in terms of an entire fight.

An entire fight is made up of multiple 3-Eno cycles. If you do 10 eno cycles at 150 PPS in the same time you could otherwise do 9 eno cycles at 155 PPS, which is more damage?

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Originally Posted by Aloise

You push your GCDs back by having to cast T1 and use T3Ps. Because Enochian is up before the 20s Enochian is over, the quicker you can get to the end of it, the quicker you can pump out more F4.

To pump out those extra F4s, you need to pump out extra F3s, F1s, B3s, and B4s.
11-29-2016, 12:30 PM
Aloise

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Originally Posted by StouterTaru

An entire fight is made up of multiple 3-Eno cycles. If you do 10 eno cycles at 150 PPS in the same time you could otherwise do 9 eno cycles at 155 PPS, which is more damage?

This is fair. However, there are still cases where casting T1/using T3Ps can slide off ONLY F4s from your rotation. In those cases, it is a DPS loss, but I do see the point now.

At the very least, I've procured some nice numbers about Thunder.

Now I won't be able to sleep until I figure out how much of a gain it is. Great.
11-29-2016, 05:05 PM
Aloise

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Originally Posted by Aloise

Now I won't be able to sleep until I figure out how much of a gain it is. Great.

Easier than I anticipated. It's about 2-3 PPS more, if that. This is being generous, by assuming that every single T1 cast results in the maximum PPS, and that you have to recast T1 after every B3. I'm not sure about the interaction between using a proc instead of a T1 cast. If you consider it a contributor to the original T1 cast, it's a PPS loss. If you don't consider it that, and break off the old PPS at that point...It's probably an increase, but I'm not sure about that interaction, but I do know it involved a lot more probability mucking and leads to the sort of madness I'm trying to avoid. So we'll call it even. Around a 3 PPS increase to cast Thunder 1.
11-29-2016, 06:28 PM
Garotte14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aloise

Easier than I anticipated. It's about 2-3 PPS more, if that. This is being generous, by assuming that every single T1 cast results in the maximum PPS, and that you have to recast T1 after every B3. I'm not sure about the interaction between using a proc instead of a T1 cast. If you consider it a contributor to the original T1 cast, it's a PPS loss. If you don't consider it that, and break off the old PPS at that point...It's probably an increase, but I'm not sure about that interaction, but I do know it involved a lot more probability mucking and leads to the sort of madness I'm trying to avoid. So we'll call it even. Around a 3 PPS increase to cast Thunder 1.

I actually think in this discussion, its much more simple than all of that. Math is tough in this instance because of the RNG of TC procs, but I look a bit more practically at the fights. (Raiding to be more specific) With the exception of A9S, there is a lot of movement in these fights. The more Thunder is ticking, the more potential for TC procs to help with movement which is always, undeniably a dps increase over scathe or nothing at all. Thunder should be up as much as possible for this reason. The only reason I would not cast Thunder would be if it would cause me to lose Enochian. My only argument, is you need to cast a filler after Blizzard III no matter if you get a fast server tick or not because you spell should be qued before blizzard III is finished. I also play with 2 Piety melds, putting me at 284 Piety, which I HIGHLY recommend to any BLM who raids at a higher level. I sacrifice only 2 crit Vs, and the benefits are astronomical.
11-30-2016, 03:26 AM
AlphaFox

So a question that I am curious on, when it comes to AOE and Flare is it really worth to use it at the end of F2? I feel like I got so much down time doing Flare>Transpose and waiting for a tick as opposed to maybe doing F2>B3>Freeze (while MP regains) then switching back to F3>F2.

Note that I am going on the first page saying to use flare at the end of every F2 set, not so much when I think on Flare>Convert>Flare combo.
11-30-2016, 01:18 PM
StouterTaru

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Originally Posted by AlphaFox

So a question that I am curious on, when it comes to AOE and Flare is it really worth to use it at the end of F2?

I started doing the math expecting to tell you Flare was better, then weird stuff happened. The following rotations are built around a 3 second MP tick, so this makes dramatic tiers for Spell Speed:

F3 > 2xF2 > Flare > Transpose (15 seconds at ~900 SS)

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3 mobs 4 mobs 5 mobs 6 mobs 7 mobs 8 mobs F3 216 216 216 216 216 216 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 Flare 1264 1591 1872 2106 2340 2574 Total 2560 3247 3888 4482 5076 5670 15s DPS 171 216 259 299 338 378

F3 > 3xF2 > B3 > Freeze (hard to maintain 15 seconds at 1140 SS)

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3 mobs 4 mobs 5 mobs 6 mobs 7 mobs 8 mobs F3 168 168 168 168 168 168 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 B3 168 168 168 168 168 168 Freeze 300 400 500 600 700 800 Total 2256 2896 3536 4176 4816 5456 15s DPS 150 193 236 278 321 364

F3 > 4xF2 > B3 > Freeze (not too hard to maintain 18 seconds at 1140 SS with practice)

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3 mobs 4 mobs 5 mobs 6 mobs 7 mobs 8 mobs F3 168 168 168 168 168 168 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 B3 168 168 168 168 168 168 Freeze 300 400 500 600 700 800 Total 2796 3616 4436 5256 6076 6896 18s DPS 155 201 246 292 338 383

tldr; Flare kills in small packs, not so much in giant swarms when you have high Spell Speed.
11-30-2016, 01:47 PM
AlphaFox

Well that is actually nice to hear. Felt odd being the only one to do Freeze for big groups but good to see it works out.
12-01-2016, 05:38 PM
Karja

Quote:

Originally Posted by StouterTaru

F3 > 3xF2 > B3 > Freeze (not too hard to maintain 18 seconds at 1140 SS with practice)

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3 mobs 4 mobs 5 mobs 6 mobs 7 mobs 8 mobs F3 168 168 168 168 168 168 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 B3 168 168 168 168 168 168 Freeze 300 400 500 600 700 800 Total 2796 3616 4436 5256 6076 6896 18s DPS 155 201 246 292 338 383

Your last table doesn't add up. Between the second and the third you listed the same spells and same damage numbers but your total damage on the last table is 6896 compared to the second one with 5456, you also have a higher dps on the last one, which is rather strange since you take 3 seconds longer to cast the same spells.
12-01-2016, 09:43 PM
StouterTaru

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Originally Posted by Karja

Your last table doesn't add up. Between the second and the third you listed the same spells and same damage numbers but your total damage on the last table is 6896 compared to the second one with 5456, you also have a higher dps on the last one, which is rather strange since you take 3 seconds longer to cast the same spells.

The 2nd table has 3x F2, the 3rd table has 4x F2.

If you cast 3x F2, you'll always have MP for B3 and Freeze, but F3 might land with only one UI3 tick.

If you cast 4x F2, you have to wait on a MP tick for that Freeze, which isn't too hard to time out with practice.
12-12-2016, 02:01 PM
Stroking

Is the 270 shire rod or the alex rod the bis weapon?
12-12-2016, 10:48 PM
Cherub

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Originally Posted by Stroking

Is the 270 shire rod or the alex rod the bis weapon?

The shire rod is BiS.
12-13-2016, 01:27 AM
Lavitz_

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Originally Posted by Cherub

The shire rod is BiS.

Based on what?
12-13-2016, 08:01 AM
Cherub

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lavitz_

Based on what?

Based on common knowledge. It has been known since the start of patch 3.4 that the shire rod is superior. Wasn't going to stay a mystery for long after seeing how messed up the stat destribution on gear was anyway and everyone losing faith in BLM and calculating with how much SS they would end up with...
Not only that but 1 weapon damage shouldn't cloud your eyes if 139 SS are on the stake. Not just because of its stat weight but also because of how it actually affects you in a fight. (With faster casts and giving you more freedom).
However I also did the math based on the stat weights from 3.3, which has generally (,somewhat skeptically) been accepted by the community.

https://m.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comment...update_for_33/

SS: 0.38~
Crit: 0.20~
Det: 0.16~
WD: 9.8~

Here are the stats of the weapons in question in combination with basic math.
Alex: 1 weapon damage, 99 crit and 136 Det
9.8+(99x0.2)+(136x0.16)=51.36 INT

Shire: 97 Crit and 139 SS
(97x0.2)+(139x0.38)= 72.62 INT
12-13-2016, 08:16 AM
Lavitz_

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherub

Based on common knowledge. It has been known since the start of patch 3.4 that the shire rod is superior. Wasn't going to stay a mystery for long after seeing how messed up the stat destribution on gear was anyway and everyone losing faith in BLM and calculating with how much SS they would end up with...

Those stat weights are wrong. Alex staff is better until someone proves otherwise.

These are probably a lot more accurate: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...eights_for_34/
12-13-2016, 08:35 AM
Cherub

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lavitz_

Those stat weights are wrong. Alex staff is better until someone proves otherwise.

These are probably a lot more accurate: https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...eights_for_34/

Shire rod is still the winner of hearts :v
Yea, my assumption stems from when 3.4 started. And that's where SS still was 0.38 (that's why I said skeptically, because it's just too high). It's nice to actually see the final numbers. After such a long time....
12-13-2016, 11:07 AM
Dusk278

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherub

Shire rod is still the winner of hearts :v
Yea, my assumption stems from when 3.4 started. And that's where SS still was 0.38 (that's why I said skeptically, because it's just too high). It's nice to actually see the final numbers. After such a long time....

Really? I did the math and Alex wins unless you got some BiS gear set that makes Shire better than Alex without the ACC going way over the top.
12-13-2016, 06:44 PM
Cherub

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Originally Posted by Dusk278

Really? I did the math and Alex wins unless you got some BiS gear set that makes Shire better than Alex without the ACC going way over the top.

It was a joke haha. Winner of HEARTS since it loses the spot for the best weapon.
12-13-2016, 10:43 PM
Maero

Nope, with my gear i had calculated and even Relic came above Shire Rod...
Augmented would be different though, Alex staff would currently be bis
12-14-2016, 03:19 AM
Garotte14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherub

Shire rod is still the winner of hearts :v
Yea, my assumption stems from when 3.4 started. And that's where SS still was 0.38 (that's why I said skeptically, because it's just too high). It's nice to actually see the final numbers. After such a long time....

It's one of those weird things. On my knowledge of the game and how long I've played, I knew that SS was never as high as .38. I argued that fact till I was blue in my face, but unfortunately never had the data to back it up because I didn't have formulas for calculating stat weights. We all just went along with the assumption that SS was weighted so high. I never once believed it, but without math, nothing I could do. It was just a matter of waiting for Dervy to level BLM.

But, yes BiS weapon is the Alex Rod.
12-14-2016, 05:56 AM
SunnyHirose

I don't think anyone should have ever believed it. Even a pure casting no-oGCD rotation shouldn't have yielded a weight nearly that high (the really rough napkin version: consider going from 1000 to 1100 SS for ~1.8% DPS increase vs. going 1600 to 1700 Attack Magic Potency for ~6.3% DPS increase--ballpark of .29, not terribly far off from Dervy's .283).
12-14-2016, 07:30 PM
HaroldSaxon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garotte14

It's one of those weird things. On my knowledge of the game and how long I've played, I knew that SS was never as high as .38. I argued that fact till I was blue in my face, but unfortunately never had the data to back it up because I didn't have formulas for calculating stat weights. We all just went along with the assumption that SS was weighted so high. I never once believed it, but without math, nothing I could do. It was just a matter of waiting for Dervy to level BLM.

But, yes BiS weapon is the Alex Rod.

Dervy never levelled BLM - it was more him finding out the cast times formulae for each spell as well which was the main sticking point (Spellspeed breakpoints). The stat weight of .38 was refuted and revised down a long time ago on reddit, and even then the guy never actually posted his data which was why it was always suspect. He disappeared shortly after. Just as suspect as the other guy on here saying that it was .23, who literally pulled the numbers from thin air.

The big thing about spellspeed though is that the utility (better movement) is not something that is directly measured in a dummy DPS parse, and potentially extra thundercloud procs you can use. I did plan on writing my own sim and open sourcing it, but with the game in its current state and patch cycle, I didn't see much point.
12-15-2016, 04:48 PM
Garotte14

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Originally Posted by HaroldSaxon

The stat weight of .38 was refuted and revised down a long time ago on reddit, and even then the guy never actually posted his data which was why it was always suspect. He disappeared shortly after. Just as suspect as the other guy on here saying that it was .23, who literally pulled the numbers from thin air.

He did show his data and his work. I even have a copy of it.

I'm not sure about the .23 thing, but I pulled a number out of thin air as well when I wrote the guide. Well it wasn't really thin air, but based solely on my experience with the game and class and how SS affected my actual parses. I predicted SS to have a stat weight of .275. And this was 8 months ago. Of course no one believed me because I didn't have hard data to back that up, and I don't blame them. I only really tried to argue the fact that SS was rated so high, because well...it is.
12-15-2016, 10:56 PM
Maero

I believe that also Ariyala uses Dervy for calculations
12-16-2016, 05:03 PM
Yeowood

Quote:

Originally Posted by StouterTaru

tldr; Flare kills in small packs, not so much in giant swarms when you have high Spell Speed.

Sorry to backtrack, but I've been thinking about this a lot because of the 8 adds in A12S. Right now I'm doing this jank F3 (from UI1) -> F2x3 -> Flare -> Transpose -> Freeze x2 (to get mana to full for 4 adds) and remembered this post about Freeze being optimal for >8 enemies. Trying my casts out on a dummy though, from no stacks I don't have enough MP to do F2x4, let alone B3 after. I have be in UI3 at full MP and use F3. This is without PIE bonus and as Duskwight but I don't think it matters.

That's just an example situation, but usually I'm not going to have full MP from UI3 going into AOE rotation. Especially so once I use my first Flare! And if I am at fullish MP, F3 -> F2x3 -> Flare -> Transpose should be more pps in about the same time frame of ~18s following the estimates from those tables.

So unless I'm missing something, for all practical purposes it seems like we should keep spamming Flare unless there are some really specific circumstances. The way the ideal math works out is interesting, though!
12-16-2016, 08:19 PM
HaroldSaxon

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garotte14

He did show his data and his work. I even have a copy of it.

Who, the .38 guy? Would be interested to see it. I know he posted his methodology but never posted his raw data and sim iirc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garotte14

I'm not sure about the .23 thing, but I pulled a number out of thin air as well when I wrote the guide. Well it wasn't really thin air, but based solely on my experience with the game and class and how SS affected my actual parses. I predicted SS to have a stat weight of .275. And this was 8 months ago. Of course no one believed me because I didn't have hard data to back that up, and I don't blame them. I only really tried to argue the fact that SS was rated so high, because well...it is.

The .23 thing was someone else iirc. But no stat weight can be considered accurate without any math behind it.
12-17-2016, 09:10 AM
Yeowood

I realized with editing my post I can actually show the math, so here goes.

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3 mobs 4 mobs 5 mobs 6 mobs 7 mobs 8 mobs F3 168 168 168 168 168 168 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 B3 168 168 168 168 168 168 Freeze 300 400 500 600 700 800 Total 2796 3616 4436 5256 6076 6896 18s DPS 155 201 246 292 338 383

This beats the F2 x 2 -> Flare rotation but needs full MP. That means we actually need to compare it to this:

F3 -> F2 x3 -> Flare -> Transpose

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3 mobs 4 mobs 5 mobs 6 mobs 7 mobs 8 mobs F3 168 168 168 168 168 168 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 F2 540 720 900 1080 1260 1440 Flare 1264 1591 1872 2106 2340 2574 Total 3052 3919 4740 5514 6288 7062 18s DPS 170 218 263 306 349 392

This is about the same time frame assuming roughly 3.1s for F3, 2.6s for F2/Freeze, 3.5s for Flare, and the worst case 3s for Transpose's server tick, so I just used the 18s total estimate. Actually the Flare rotation is slightly faster, but it probably evens out considering you will cast F3 in UI3 for the Freeze one.

I think the theory is sound because thinking about it, you gain 234 potency on Flare for each mob past the 5th, versus 180 for F2 and 100 for Freeze, which should eventually cancel out the big initial Flare bonus, but it certainly needs more than 8 mobs. I'd do the math to figure it out myself but I'm real bad at formatting these tables. For the rotation AFTER you Flare, yes the Freeze one beats out the Flare rotation, but you'd have to Blizzard 3 from UI1 and wait for a server tick, which seems suboptimal. You also have to consider, as more enemies die, Freeze gets worse, so if you expect anything to die within 18s and drop the total amount of enemies below the magic number, you should do Flare anyways.

But at a certain point, Freeze should actually be better! It just needs a lot of requirements that aren't likely to be met (enemy #, UI3, enemy durability).
12-18-2016, 07:31 PM
gumas

guys any tips/suggestion to do full rotation with average latency? (around 150-200ms)

i try using the full rotation setup on the page 1 but i cant do it smoothly because my latency cant take more than 2 OGCD skill, ley lines + enochian + raging strike cause my char to "freeze" like 0.5-1 second before the RS active
12-21-2016, 05:48 AM
AlphaFox

Dunno if Spell speed has anything to do with it but I believe 2 OGCD skills is the most you can really do before your able to attack again, trying to throw a 3rd will cause you to wait but could also be a part of animation lock? If your spell speed is capable or if you have the MP, I'd advise trying the 3rd rotation (shows more DPS for opener).
12-22-2016, 06:47 AM
Kuroyasha

How many of yall gonna switch to red mage come Friday's reveal if it's a magic melee version of blm
12-22-2016, 08:20 AM
PomPomFlare

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Originally Posted by Kuroyasha

How many of yall gonna switch to red mage come Friday's reveal if it's a magic melee version of blm

It's not enough specific information to make such decision.
12-22-2016, 06:37 PM
gumas

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How many of yall gonna switch to red mage come Friday's reveal if it's a magic melee version of blm

if it indeed redmage, if it indeed melee caster magic type class? iam so there day 1
12-22-2016, 10:41 PM
Maero

Depends how well it gets implemented i guess. I always have a secondary job i play as which is Ninja so if at all i may play Red Mage instead
12-22-2016, 11:01 PM
SunnyHirose

Red Mage is the only class that could potentially beat DRG for first place in my heart. But switching? I'd really have to see it first.
12-23-2016, 04:57 AM
Renius

As a new BLM can you please tell me the optimal attribute distribution? I am putting everything in Intelligence and Piety (60/40) is that wrong?
12-23-2016, 06:05 AM
DarkerOrange

All points in INT
12-23-2016, 08:55 AM
Garotte14

Quote:

Originally Posted by gumas

guys any tips/suggestion to do full rotation with average latency? (around 150-200ms)

i try using the full rotation setup on the page 1 but i cant do it smoothly because my latency cant take more than 2 OGCD skill, ley lines + enochian + raging strike cause my char to "freeze" like 0.5-1 second before the RS active

The rotations on the first page were built in 3.0 almost a year and a half ago. They are no longer even remotely close to what you should be doing for your opener. You should even try avoiding casting 2 oGCDs in a row with our current Spell Speed. Currently, I adjust my opener very slightly depending on the fight for the use of Swiftcast, but most optimal opener is:

5s Pre pull
Sharpcast
Quelling Strikes
Ley Lines
Enochian

Fire 1 (Lands on pull)
Raging Strikes
Firestarter
Potion
Fire IV x 2
Fire
Fire IV
(Firestarter if it proc'd)
Swiftcast
Fire IV
Convert
Fire IV x 2
Blizzard III
Thunder
Blizzard IV

Precasting both Ley Lines and Enochian, allow you to weave your potion under Firestarter. If you get a second Firestarter, you are weaving SC under that for added PPS.

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