BLM Fire II incredibly lack luster

[Kenji1134]

Ah, I think your later posts lead to confusion.
Your numbers are off though. I mean, who even uses a Blizz II spam as a real rotation?
Even the OP only used it as an example to critique Fire II.
Even on that point everyone who tested it after has said that Fire II performs better.

As far as I know the Blizzard II --> Blizzard II --> Fire III --> Flare --> Transpose is the highest dps.
So I don't think you can compare the aoe threshold according to the worst rotation we've got.

That rotation seems to be tied for highest dps.
B2 is 100, Flare is 468, so ignoring F3 for switching purposes we have:
B2 - B2 - F3 - Flare - Trans - *Tick* - repeat.
(100+100+260*1.8)/(1+1+1+1.6+1) = 668/5.6 = 119.3 pot/gcd.
Then we have the 3 F2 - Flare - Transpose - *Tick* - B3 - F3 rotation, at 1026/8.6 = 119.3 pot/gcd.

So the first rotation is "faster", and probably better for shorter fights. But the 2nd can be done entirely from range, hence safer.