Quote Originally Posted by Parodine View Post
Way to make SMN even more undesirable to play SE, woo.
Wth are you talking about? SMN has slow burst, but has the highest overall dps of all classes. Parser with equally equipped/skilled players confirmed that multiple times.
I rarely used Thunder in my rotation since I only use it when all other DoTs are up and I have Fester on cd. Of course it's a nerf (not 10% of the overall damage i must say, maybe 3%), but SMN dps was the highest.

Now it's Ruin II spam when you have DoTs/Fester up for more burst (that is actually what SMN lacked) and 2% less overall DPS (to be proven).

I think it's still the best ranged DPS in the game (if you can use it).


About BLM, lol, Blizzard 2 was useful only in rare occasions, like little damage+bind on Garuda feathers as they popped, or emergency damage on Tonberrys against the king. I've never used it in my AOE rotation.
I always do Fire 3 (AF3) > Fire 2 spam X times > (Swiftcast) Flare on low MP > Transpose/Convert > Blizzard 3 > Filler > Repeat
That's the highest damage AOE rotation for BLM and it doesn't have Blizzard 2 in it. It's the best even now, pre-nerf.

Blizzard 2 used to be spammed by noobs to do easy aoe damage with no mp consumption and no brain usage. It was never the best source for dps.


The only stupid change in this patch is Rain of Death for evasion instead of damage.