BLM Fire II incredibly lack luster

[Xianghua]

Its laughable about how you guys are arguing over this using the wrong AoE rotation as the base of the argument. the proper rotation for BLM AoE is bliz 3 > fire 3 > flare >bliz 2 >bliz 2 > fire 3 >flare. which has you doing AFIII flare every 7ish seconds if done correctly. other words putting out 3.6-6k+ dmg every 8-10secs depending on crits. I would really love to see a BLM be able to put out that much damage that fast using ST DPS. if by chance you can't do blizzard 2 (which you can on any thing that matters atm) then blizzard 3 can easily takes its place.

[Taemek]

Its laughable about how you guys are arguing over this using the wrong AoE rotation as the base of the argument. the proper rotation for BLM AoE is bliz 3 > fire 3 > flare >bliz 2 >bliz 2 > fire 3 >flare. which has you doing AFIII flare every 7ish seconds if done correctly. other words putting out 3.6-6k+ dmg every 8-10secs depending on crits. I would really love to see a BLM be able to put out that much damage that fast using ST DPS.

I was merely using their numbers to demonstrate what you are referring too.

I wouldn't mind seeing a decently geared BLM ST rotation DPS tbh.

[Ferth]

I was merely using their numbers to demonstrate what you are referring too.

I wouldn't mind seeing a decently geared BLM ST rotation DPS tbh.

I think the confusion stems from the fact that all of the rotations in the OP are meant to compare aoe damage. Not single target. Fire 2 is an aoe spell, but it drains a fair amount of MP per use and it does significantly less damage without full astral fire buffs. So it requires a fair amount of single target spell use to use it consistently which is why it has 3 different rotations in the OP and blizzard 2 has one.

Nothing in the OP was ever supposed to compare AOE dps with single target dps.

[Leiron]

Its laughable about how you guys are arguing over this using the wrong AoE rotation as the base of the argument. the proper rotation for BLM AoE is bliz 3 > fire 3 > flare >bliz 2 >bliz 2 > fire 3 >flare. which has you doing AFIII flare every 7ish seconds if done correctly. other words putting out 3.6-6k+ dmg every 8-10secs depending on crits. I would really love to see a BLM be able to put out that much damage that fast using ST DPS. if by chance you can't do blizzard 2 (which you can on any thing that matters atm) then blizzard 3 can easily takes its place.

Out of curiosity, wouldn't it be better to utilize Fire 2 then pop Flare at >250mp?
Just trying to understand it since my BLM just recently hit 50.

[Xianghua]

Out of curiosity, wouldn't it be better to utilize Fire 2 then pop Flare at >250mp?
Just trying to understand it since my BLM just recently hit 50.

Mainly the speed of it. Takes around 8-10secs to cast it without fire 2. and 20-23 secs with fire 2. basically abusing the system. which allows you to cast 2 spells while under umbral ice 3. cutting flares cast time from 3.78 to 1.84. while giving it the power of Astral fire 3.