Black Mage - Facts-

Black mages over-all game play is being speed up a little. abilities are being removed but are replaced with better versions,

Scathe + Transpose - merging into a new ability instant cast that has multi-elements sometimes its fire/ice. this can only be used the moment you switch from umbra ice. to umbra fire . sometimes it even has lightening effect thou no research on what causes that

this will reward you whenever you have played correctly on black mage whatever stacks you have switch over to opposite element ice/fire. instead of it just being 1 stack of transpose you keep all you had

this means also you get this ability at lower level by completing lvl15 quest. mean also gain ecoichan at lower level cause its merged with imbra fire/imbra ice. making black mage not so boring lower levels 1-50

Blizzard 2 and Fire 2 - are getting good upgrades but require Ecoichan to fire these deal insane amounts of aoe damage. these get upgrades at appropriate levels instead of 80-90

Blizzard 2 - also changed to fire 2 style ranged no longer pbaoe and its potency being adjusted

New Thunder Spell - that is aoe that requires Ecoichan is really awesome

however there is new system being added at high level watch allows you cast 3 flares and 2 xenoglossies no info how that is triggered but if warrior pop 5 felcleaves in row there no reason why black mage cant scream explosion do samething just more awesome

"Job ability reveal they didn't show everything to us. just most important changes to black mage" with cast-time adjustable, black mage playstyle will double in speed be faster hit harder with unending flow of damage.

Umbral hearts = 2 flares, plus manafont and a third flare all under triple cast, plus two polyglots. One for Foul (the first “xenoglossy” aka the aoe), followed up immediately by an actual xenoglossy.

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Originally Posted by Darkpaw

Umbral hearts = 2 flares, plus manafont and a third flare all under triple cast, plus two polyglots. One for Foul (the first “xenoglossy” aka the aoe), followed up immediately by an actual xenoglossy.

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what she said

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Originally Posted by VictoriaLuv

Black mages over-all game play is being speed up a little. abilities are being removed but are replaced with better versions,

Scathe + Transpose - merging into a new ability instant cast that has multi-elements sometimes its fire/ice. this can only be used the moment you switch from umbra ice. to umbra fire . sometimes it even has lightening effect thou no research on what causes that

this will reward you whenever you have played correctly on black mage whatever stacks you have switch over to opposite element ice/fire. instead of it just being 1 stack of transpose you keep all you had

this means also you get this ability at lower level by completing lvl15 quest. mean also gain ecoichan at lower level cause its merged with imbra fire/imbra ice. making black mage not so boring lower levels 1-50

Blizzard 2 and Fire 2 - are getting good upgrades but require Ecoichan to fire these deal insane amounts of aoe damage. these get upgrades at appropriate levels instead of 80-90

Blizzard 2 - also changed to fire 2 style ranged no longer pbaoe and its potency being adjusted

New Thunder Spell - that is aoe that requires Ecoichan is really awesome

however there is new system being added at high level watch allows you cast 3 flares and 2 xenoglossies no info how that is triggered but if warrior pop 5 felcleaves in row there no reason why black mage cant scream explosion do samething just more awesome

"Job ability reveal they didn't show everything to us. just most important changes to black mage" with cast-time adjustable, black mage playstyle will double in speed be faster hit harder with unending flow of damage.

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Pretty sure my WAR lost 2 fel cleaves in favor of a finisher like confiteor. PLD however got an UBER confiteor combo. Go figure. When the BLM becomes the next expansions job showcased...you know BLM has hit it's zenith.

Prolly get Zeta-flare or something silly like Thunderaja-aga-ra-fus-ro-dah-a *with angry cat girl or lala noises added for effect*

Fact- Black Mages are highly susceptible to getting black lung

Fact- Black Mages love the heavy metal band Black Lable Society

Fact- Black Mages prefer their coffee black

Fact- Black Mages finances are in great standing cause their accounts are never in the red thier always in the black.

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Originally Posted by Darkpaw

Umbral hearts = 2 flares, plus manafont and a third flare all under triple cast, plus two polyglots. One for Foul (the first “xenoglossy” aka the aoe), followed up immediately by an actual xenoglossy.

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Actually, you can sneak in a 4th Flare.... pop an Ether, Swiftcast Flare. *evil laughter*

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Originally Posted by VictoriaLuv

however there is new system being added at high level watch allows you cast 3 flares and 2 xenoglossies no info how that is triggered but if warrior pop 5 felcleaves in row there no reason why black mage cant scream explosion do samething just more awesome

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Hmmm...are you talking about the job trailer? All that the BLM did was use Fire 5 to switch to astral fire> fire5> fire5> triple cast> flare> flare> convert> flare > foul> Xeno
Nothing that we can't do now outside of fire 5.

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Originally Posted by zcrash970

Hmmm...are you talking about the job trailer? All that the BLM did was use Fire 5 to switch to astral fire> fire5> fire5> triple cast> flare> flare> convert> flare > foul> Xeno
Nothing that we can't do now outside of fire 5.

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think you weren't paying attention they werre using new skills

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Originally Posted by VictoriaLuv

think you weren't paying attention they werre using new skills

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You mean the new skill that's gained from swapping back and forth between Astral Fire and Umbral I've? Antipode as people are calling it?

Nothing new was really shown other than HI Blizzard 2 and HI Fire 2 and the respective Fire 5 and Ice 5.

You can totally hit Triple Cast, Flare 3 times, Swift Cast, Pop a ether, Flare, Foul, Foul. Nothing new here.

From what we've seen antipode will just replace a fire1 and be an extra spell we cast in Umbral stance.
Ice/fire 5 seem to act both as a rank2 and 3 spell (aoe and stance swap)

Which means our ST rotation is effectively the exact same as it currently is and aoe rotation just has 2 extra fitr5/2 before we start Flaring.

So there's effectively nothing "new"
We just got upgraded visual and potency

you want a guide to black mage there here you go - the black mage song and dance- just play this song when black mage you be happy person

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCM59JJY2Js

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Originally Posted by VictoriaLuv

think you weren't paying attention they werre using new skills

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I think you are just over thinking the new abilities.
Starting after despair:

Blizz5 to transition to umbral ice3 (gains paradox? buff stack)
Thunder 4
Freeze( gains umbral hearts)
Paradox (refreshes umbral ice)
Fire5 to transition to astral fire ( no mp cost and no umbral hearts used due to transition)
Fire5 (1st umbral heart used)
Fire5 (2nd umbral heart used)
Triplecast
Flare (last umbral heart used)
Flare ( out of mana)
Convert ( gain mp)
Flare (out of mana)
Foul (instant cast...probably new trait)
Xeno

Outside of the new spells, it's literally stuff we can do now. You can replace blizz5 with blizz3 and the first fire5 with fire 3, and the others with fire4 and do the same thing