BLM vs Bard

[Vmage]

The op can start by figuring out he does have an insta cast spell for on the move moments

while I haven't really done much with my blm yet...

are you sure hitting scathe and triggering your gcd so that you're waiting to cast after you've moved out of a circle is actually a dps increase?

[Shadowzanon]

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While on the move. If you need to avoid something using scathe makes up for the lost time than just positioning yourself to then cast a spell when you are out of danger. any mechanic that has you moving for a while your better of using a spell you can fire than casting nothing at all. good examples will be if your tank misses an erruption on ifrit where you are forced to continue moving to avoid it you can still pop a shot while on the move, or when running up to ifrit druing the third plume. the fact that every class has some range ability even (ya monks have one skill with a 10 yalm range but also have shoulder tackle to recover lost ground) its knowing how to use them. The op claims to be unable to dps while moving while bards can when we have scathe for movement purposes. its just knowing how and when to use it, each fight has movement mechanics so figuring out when its best is determined by said mechanics. every spell has its use.