Some surprising data in regards to SMN dps vs BLM dps

[sakraycore]

BLM needs a huge buff, can't even outdps a pet class....

[Aronos]

BLM needs a huge buff, can't even outdps a pet class....

BLM mechanics are broken purely due to Thunderstorm and Firestarter procs activating the GCD meaning the only thing they get out of those free casts is mobility, not damage. Nevermind the fact that half of the firestarter procs are missed due to it being activated on spell land and because it's a dps loss to interrupt your fire cast due to the massive input delay.

[sakraycore]

BLM mechanics are broken purely due to Thunderstorm and Firestarter procs activating the GCD meaning the only thing they get out of those free casts is mobility, not damage. Nevermind the fact that half of the firestarter procs are missed due to it being activated on spell land and because it's a dps loss to interrupt your fire cast due to the massive input delay.

It's not that simple. Firstly the BLM job sucks, and the skills suck. It's basically a THM without the cross skills.

2ndly, just wondering, does the summoner still have max MP after the 5m rotation that you did?

[Aronos]

It's not that simple. Firstly the BLM job sucks, and the skills suck. It's basically a THM without the cross skills.

2ndly, just wondering, does the summoner still have max MP after the 5m rotation that you did?

My MP was about 1/3 remaining but I likely could have managed it better. I haven't looked into an optimal summoner rotation, I simply made sure dots were all up constantly and spammed fester on every Aetherflow CD while spamming ruin in between dot refresh.

[shinros]

It's not that simple. Firstly the BLM job sucks, and the skills suck. It's basically a THM without the cross skills.

2ndly, just wondering, does the summoner still have max MP after the 5m rotation that you did?

This is why I am pissed off that square swapped pugilist with arcanist. *looks at internal release*

[Sleigh]

It's not that simple. Firstly the BLM job sucks, and the skills suck. It's basically a THM without the cross skills.

2ndly, just wondering, does the summoner still have max MP after the 5m rotation that you did?

Tell us more about how BLM sucks with your experience as a level 24 THM, please.

Edit: on a much more constructive note, you should level up, gain access to your tools, and experience all the situations the harder content puts you through, rather than just assume BLM sucks because of a parser result, which if true means SMN is the highest DPS, not that BLM is weak.