Black Mage What Need to be Changed and Improved [Discussion & Feedback]

[Greg]

Apocatastasis effects a lot of skills people arn't aware of, most of them being cleaves (Titan and Deadnaughts on Turn4 for example).

[Tremere]

Hello,







2- Freeze @ lvl 35:

"Covers a designated area in ice, dealing ice damage with a potency of 20 and binding enemies that enter."

Possibly the very worst spell/skill in the entire game with no competition what so ever. Long cast time that does almost no damage and the bind debuff does not last more than a very short few seconds, what worse is the bind effect breaks as soon as the target is hit by anything. This spell does not have an actual good use in the game to the point many BLMs don't even have it on their bar. I tried to think of any good use, even in Garuda HM but why would I even use it when I can Flare the feathers as they spawn to no health.

I rate it -6 out of 5. Also keep in mind, almost all lvl 55+ monsters fully resist it.
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Tri-disaster for SMN is worse.

[Pure-Wasabi]

You can "FIX" this job all you want; however, it doesn't take away from the fact that almost 75%+ of the FFXIV ARR populaton doesn't know what the BLM's main roll is in a party.

[Valkayree]

Flare is best used when you're under 700 MP, right before Converting. Or if it will finish off a mob group use it then Transpose while running to the next group.

I personally use flare just after Blizzard III > Fire III restores my mana. That way it hits for 1-1.5k on each mob in the group due to the Astral Fire III. I use my Convert as a cooldown and set up the following macro:

/action "Swiftcast" <me>
/wait 4
/action "Flare" <t>
/wait 4
/action "Convert" <me>

This gives me 1-1.2k of mana left to cast a fire 1, then I swing back over to Blizzard III > Fire III > Fire 1 (casting active firestarters) until 700-900 mana > Blizzard III > Fire III > repeat. I never have to stop casting and it is all at quick speed.

[Tzain]

I think I found a use for FREEZE!!!!

On my White mage I'm constantly sleeping things. A lot of the time I end up with a mob that's been slept 3 times and is about to wake up. In that case I hit it with Fluid Aura which roots the target for 5 seconds If I wait the 5 seconds and sleep the mob when it comes out I get a full 30 second sleep instead of .

It's been a while since I played Black mage, and even longer since I tried out Freeze, but would that work basically the same on an AE level?

[Tyl]

Note: I only read starting post~

Exactly my thoughts, but question.
Does anyone else feel, even Healers aoe does why more dmg?
Like i do flare once, while the healer uses his aoe 3 times, cuz i have to get my mana back and all. so the healer does lik 4-6 times more dmg in the same time with aoe?

[sylvestew]

How about just make freeze the same as it was in 1.0 >< and lower enmity.

[NeruMew]

I think I found a use for FREEZE!!!!

On my White mage I'm constantly sleeping things. A lot of the time I end up with a mob that's been slept 3 times and is about to wake up. In that case I hit it with Fluid Aura which roots the target for 5 seconds If I wait the 5 seconds and sleep the mob when it comes out I get a full 30 second sleep instead of .

It's been a while since I played Black mage, and even longer since I tried out Freeze, but would that work basically the same on an AE level?

It would. People just don't care for cc, hence why they don't like Freeze. The good thing about freeze, aside from what you said, is that it affects most of the enemies that are immune to Sleep (except the obvious ones, such as bosses).

[Louro999]

Note: I only read starting post~

Exactly my thoughts, but question.
Does anyone else feel, even Healers aoe does why more dmg?
Like i do flare once, while the healer uses his aoe 3 times, cuz i have to get my mana back and all. so the healer does lik 4-6 times more dmg in the same time with aoe?

I feel the same, as I pointed it on previous pages.
Holy is much more effective for AoE dps than flare or Fira. They can kinda spam it and the damage is the same than Flare without AF III though WHMs are full mind and BLMs are full Int...

BLM really need some kind of ancient magic nuke with high cd... Something more impressive than just Flare Convert Flare ...
Apocatastatis and Freeze really need a rework...

[Fingerdoll]

A BIG enmity bar for current target would be very nice. xD