Why are there so many black mages around?

[Evil_Betox]

Dunno about my server since i barely keep an eye for people jobs in the open world but in dungeons i still see a lot of dragoons and bards while using the DF, on the other hand i hardly see any summoners and black mages are not rare but not so common either aside from Brayflox's speedruns (most are blm+blm or blm+brd).

[Ooshima]

^ this

u barely kill the 6min mark, if u dont run with 2 blms.
and u know? the faster the better :P thats why u see so many blms around lately imo.

Not really. Was running BLM-BRD combo and we were doing at 5mins 35s.

[gamersince1976]

BLM was actually my 3rd DPS 50 class - after DRG and Bard. I started it because by FC was stuck on T4 and didn't have a good BLM (this was a while ago). Since then it's become my first choice - I'm a big crit junkie and nothing else comes close.

[Insidious]

Because BLM provides superior AOE and burst when compared to a SMN. Honestly, if you have a SMN just switch to BLM now and make your life easier. Groups will be looking for a BLM, they won't be looking or needing a SMN.

[ChaozK]

The main reason why Blackmage is so popular, is because of how iconic it is.

[Wadoka]

For most people, it's a whole lot more fun to Blow Schlitz Up, than to make it Rot to Death

[MeeDeggiThePunisher]

I was gonna ask the same thing except replace BLM with BRD. Every time I hop on my BRD to do some dungeons the other DD is always another BRD. ALWAYS!

[SummonerSenah]

Yes I get your point but it's not only bf I'm talking about but also in Levi and mog pf. And don't get me started on turn 2 coil. And even among the caster classes there are disproportionately more blms than smns imo.

I think black mage is more iconic, for one.

But a lot of it is because most people wanted a summoner that was closer to the FFXI version, with actual summons, not the Egis that summoners ended up with in XIV. Personally I'm fine with it but I know a lot of people were put off of playing summoner because of that.

[KitanaiKoneko]

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/273117

Thats why.

[Pinworms]

I play BLM for one reason only...I like to make things go boom and it makes me have eargasims when I wear head phones.