Black Mage Job Changes Wishlist for 4.25 or 4.3

Thank you Final Fantasy XIV staff for giving us the buff and tweaks to Black Mage for 4.2. But I feel the job could be improved or be perfect with these slight changes. Have Blizzard IV's potency go back to 280 again, but also make a change to Umbral Hearts. Instead of potency buff, Umbral Hearts will now also grant Direct Hit and chance of Critical Hits for 3 turns from all Fire Skills. Have Ley Lines recast time reduce to 60 seconds to line up with Triplecast. To me with these changes, I truly believe Black Mage will shine in all types of content. The only other thing I wish for is the MP regeneration from Blizzard 3 or Transpose to be slightly faster. Sometimes its fast and sometimes not so much. It could be lag, but I don't know for sure. I hope we still get some changes for Black Mage in a future patch. Please tell me what you think of my wishlist everyone. Is it good, bad or are you neutral on the subject.

It is not lag, it is server tick. Server tick happen every 3 second. Thats why you wanna save foul after transpose/blizzard 3 if possible, because foul have 0 mp cost.

The only real way to fix it is for them to move to a different energy regeneration system like the one in wow where MP/energy regen happens always instead of once every 3 secs

Yes I tend to save Foul after Blizzard 3 or if I need to Transpose. I hope Final Fantasy XIV staff is able to change the MP regeneration for 5.0. I feel like this is something that won't change in a patch but only in a expansion. But I would love it if they change it for a future patch. To me the only easy work around would be to reduce the MP cost of Thunder Spells and Blizzard IV.

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Originally Posted by Super_Smiley

Yes I tend to save Foul after Blizzard 3 or if I need to Transpose. I hope Final Fantasy XIV staff is able to change the MP regeneration for 5.0. I feel like this is something that won't change in a patch but only in a expansion. But I would love it if they change it for a future patch. To me the only easy work around would be to reduce the MP cost of Thunder Spells and Blizzard IV.

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they did reduce the mp cost of blizzard IV at around patch 4.1 and I have been casting it last during Ice rotation without worrying about mana ticks problems anymore

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Originally Posted by itti18

they did reduce the mp cost of blizzard IV at around patch 4.1 and I have been casting it last during Ice rotation without worrying about mana ticks problems anymore

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That was in 4.05.

The problem with Blizzard IV is that in some cases it only gives you one extra F4 at a cost of a dud GCD so it can be optimal to skip it.

Honestly, they should just Blizzard IV's damage, rework umbral hearts and make spells cost 0 mana in Umbral Ice.

I also feel maybe Scathe should be buff or somewhat changed for Black Mage. For example, it could be buffed to potency of 150 and double to 300 potency if it procs. But the MP cost of using it will be very high. This will make sure players know this isn't something that should be spammed in a practical rotation. This could help with Black Mage movement. Just an idea.

1) Do not give us the Inner Release treatment.
2) Any more movement related increases and we might as well just not have cast times.
3) Scathe is a worthless piece of crap and beyond some absurdly dumb buff to it, it will never return to my bars.

Never return to your Bars you say? :D That's what I said about Tri-Bind haha :D So you never know lol

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Originally Posted by Super_Smiley

I also feel maybe Scathe should be buff or somewhat changed for Black Mage. For example, it could be buffed to potency of 150 and double to 300 potency if it procs. But the MP cost of using it will be very high. This will make sure players know this isn't something that should be spammed in a practical rotation. This could help with Black Mage movement. Just an idea.

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If anything, it should be made to cost 0 mana with no changes to its potency. Its an emergency spell meant to maintain uptime, not to be used often. Its low potency would ensure it - allowing good players to ignore it.