Is there any reason to play BLM over RDM now days?

I honestly would like if they somehow split casters into separate armor categories. Like cloth armor - blm, smn; light armor - rdm, maybe something else. It could make magical compositions overall easier without all casters rolling for the same set.

I think BLM is supposed to be the best caster DPS (probably rivalling SAM when allowed to stand still?) However it's really hard to maintain that with all the movement mechanics involved in pretty much any fight. Which RDM has no problems with most of the time. Meaning RDM usually comes out on top in actual combat scenarios.

Then again, maybe BLM players just need to get really used to a certain fights mechanics so they can use their procs (T3, F3), Swiftcast & Triplecast at the exact right time.
I'm not a pro BLM though so I might be wrong but that's what it feels like to me so far. (I'm trying to learn BLM atm.)

The 4.05 buffs to BLM were great but I doubt it's enough to make BLM as wanted as SAM.

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Originally Posted by Lelila38

Anyway, let me reword then: there's so many ways to buff physical dps, but as a magical dps I would also like to have more things that buff my dps.

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Tbh the physical dmg buffs are 2 while the magical dmg one is only one, but it has a higher uptime then both of them, well you could count Devotion too (5% magical dmg increase) although it's clunky to use and ST only

edit: BTW was not accusing you of saying that SMN are trash

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Originally Posted by Gwaeron89

I honestly would like if they somehow split casters into separate armor categories. Like cloth armor - blm, smn; light armor - rdm, maybe something else. It could make magical compositions overall easier without all casters rolling for the same set.

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My armory is already chock full as is. If we could separate materia from armor to Soulstones instead, that'd be a large step in the right direction.

mnk (brotherhood), drg (dragon sight: olny on close members = only melee hence physical dps) & drg again (piercing debuff, which is for ranged / physical again), rdm (embolden), smn (ifrit), nin/sam/war slashing (physical)

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smn (garuda) magical

(devotion is not a magical buff, but a "general attack potency" buff henve both physical and magical)

Dragon sight is an all dmg increase also plenty of possibilities to be in melee for a caster (there have been in the past, and there are now), I will say that you are right on devotion I read it wrong

as for the resistance down debuff, tbh those are like a core kit of the physical dmg dealers I wouldn't really considered buffs per se, especially since they part of their rotation

as for ifrit, well I suppose a good SMN would do a switcheroo, but I'd say he wants garuda most of the time

I'll just paste this here: BLM 5000 dps in Omega Savage 3

Whats the status of determination right now? Is it better than Crit for us?

I also noticed he used b4 in every cycle. Would he have done more ignoring it?

Or are we missing something?

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Originally Posted by Psycofang

I also noticed he used b4 in every cycle. Would he have done more ignoring it?

Or are we missing something?

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He seemed to make incredibly efficient use of those 'extra' fire IVs.