BLM Changes-Pretty much shafted

[ChickensEvil]

So yea, if you're casting F2, you're gimping your damage.

One of those requires that your BRD is running mana song full time (which means they are gimping 20% of their damage), and the first one, you do realize that if you have to wait for an umbral tick (before patch potentially up to 3 seconds, post patch a guaranteed wait of 3 seconds) That you must account for that in the timing difference. And now with talks that this change is going to be hitting your timing of your fire casts (i.e. you will not be able to cast flare at the reduced cast time anymore), then I really don't see how it is good to do that strategy and rotation any more.

Also, suggesting that it is gimping your damage would be like if you were racing against a honda civic in a Lambo, and then decided to switch to a corvette. You are still going to smoke out the civic... just not as much as before. Our AOE damage using Fire 2 was still leaps and bounds ahead of any other class both in damage and sustainment. (For example a DRG had decent AOE, but could not sustain it for any real length of time - read: sustain even through one add burst phase without some extra help)

[Rochetm]

Our AOE damage using Fire 2 was still leaps and bounds ahead of any other class both in damage and sustainment. (For example a DRG had decent AOE, but could not sustain it for any real length of time - read: sustain even through one add burst phase without some extra help)

People will continue to bring Blm for this and the fact they never have resource issues. Blm aoe is also getting a buff in the form of extra threat on shield oath and warriors many buffs... including being in raids. Blm with a war tank is downright insane.