Black Mage Job Spells are disappointing.

[Jayded]

Idk. Having way more fun on my BLM than I ever had on my Bard. Some of the cast times needs to be looked at though.

Bard is the most boring thing I've ever played.

I tried to get on board with the bard hype/fotm too, but the class is just soooo mind numbingly boring and simplistic I couldn't even make it to 50. I fell asleep at 47. It is an extremely potent class though for how fisher price it is. OP to the max. Wish I enjoyed it.

[Imoye]

What exactly did you like about BLM? Because to me, it's the same as playing Mage in WoW.
Currently playing a Bard, can say im loving it s far... BLM do have some awsome looking spells at 50 though

The big numbers and flashy animations >.<
Bard is quite nice though, just not my thing. But I can see why people enjoy playing it. The freedom of movement is amazing.

[Selsix]

Ya the BLM skills suck. Even Freeze / Flare are next to useless.

I laughed really hard. If you think Flare is useless you're doing something wrong.

[Keoregh]

I think like most of you.
When I get access to the BLM, then ... I was nothing else than a THM. And I still feel the same.
All the DPS skills are on the THM branch, nothing in BLM (flare ... really ? situational, nothing more).

If THM get access to others classes, like Red Mage, will you really stay as BLM ? For a shield not really usefull and a situational root ?

I'm not complaining about BLM, I think we're a really good class and I love to play it in high end game. But I'm not sure he survived to another THM class in the futur.

[Hysterior]

As a SCH, I have never seen a BLM using his lv50 Ability (that aether teleport thing)
Do you guys ever use it? and if yes for what?
I am kinda curious when you can use that...

[Conradus]

As a SCH, I have never seen a BLM using his lv50 Ability (that aether teleport thing)
Do you guys ever use it? and if yes for what?
I am kinda curious when you can use that...

Aetherial Manipulation is the level 50 Thaumaturge ability. The level 50 BLM ability is Flare.

[Serephine]

Marry me? You pretty much said everything I could have ever thought of.

I love BLM and it's amazing. While "I guess" someone could point out that we spam the same spells over and over........yes, but, those spells kick major ass, and I'm not complaining because to me it makes the job much more fluid. I'd rather know what I'm doing instead of having to press 10 different things in order to create as much damage as Fire III...when that takes 1 button.

The only thing that I can complain about it that I felt little difference between BLM/THM. I know there is some, but I would have loved a Drain...maybe the ability to use some water/stone just to have some options? But that's just me remembering XI.

I love a "firey" death any day.

[Marveth]

As a SCH, I have never seen a BLM using his lv50 Ability (that aether teleport thing)
Do you guys ever use it? and if yes for what?
I am kinda curious when you can use that...

So far its uses seems quite limited. I currently use it on titan. Having it macros on tank can help you out due to the fact that weight of the land never hits tank. Also if you are far away from tank during earthen fury it can be good.
Downside is if you first try to run from wotl but notice you won't make it in time, then aetherial manipulation won't have time either. You must use it right away.

[Conkers]

But is it fun? No.

What is fun, is subjective, I rather like support spells, because to be blunt pure DPS (especially in PvE) is faceroll easy and gets dull because of it, having to weave in support ups the awareness (and the skillcap) required, which makes it more fun, at least for me.

[Alphalegend]

YES! Completely agree. The Black Mage Skills are all support besides Flare which is a 100% MP cost power. Black Mage is a pure DPS class. There is no reason 80% of the 5 class skills should be all support. I think the Freeze, Convert, and Flare are all good. I'm fine with Freeze and Convert as they fight the class. Blizzard II is a CC so I can see them getting a supped up CC ability. Convert also fits being that they need some sort of mp sustain given how they dps. Flare obviously large damage aoe skill, but Apocatastasis and Manawall are completely out of place here. So you are leveling and all of the sudden your DPS gets a support shield? What? Really? I would be like WTF am I dps or am I now being shoe horned into the group CC and Support guy, then you get Manawall and you are like ANOTHER shield what? Hmm maybe I'm not a DPS and I should support more, and then you get Flare and are like oh there it is only took me 20 levels but I finally got a dps ability on my dps.