Why are Black mages so upset about PVP?

[Rhas]

More like Blizz(direct hit interrupt) flare...(direct hit interrupt) convert(for nothing!) swift casted flare(oh this will land but with astral ice on) - transpose(win?).

only ones who can even touch a blm at range will be brd(or other casters), not the tank. You do know there are several abilities that let use actually cast spells. You know like surecast and Equanimity. What makes you think you will be able to stop it coming?

[BoltMage]

only ones who can even touch a blm at range will be brd(or other casters), not the tank. You do know there are several abilities that let use actually cast spells. You know like surecast and Equanimity. What makes you think you will be able to stop it coming?

I've covered that on post #18 of this thread...

Once a melee zones in on a BLM what tools does the BLM have to get away?

blizzard ii(for bind) has cast time
freeze has a cast time
not sure how the new pvp sleep works but probably has a cast time?(3 min cd)
lethargy is the only tool that you have w/o blowing cds! maybe pvp sleep if its instant.

so only way to kite is with cds:
1) swiftcast (1 min this will work)
2) surecast (30 secs but can be silenced?)
3) the pvp skill where your casts are uninterrupted for maximum of 20 secs (5 mins immune to silence? idk)
4) pvp sleep (3 min if its insta cast)

can you think of anything else? if you can't you can see how limited it is

Keep in mind that every time you cast a fire I, melees gain 5 feet forward. Unless you are planning on running around like an idiot spamming nerfed scathe and waiting 1 min for swiftcasts, you are going to get zoned in by melees.