Why everyone plays Black mage

[Rhas]

Two reasons why I play BLM.

One - BLM from 8-bit Comics said it best. "I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down!"

Two - Richard from Looking For Group comics. More of a Warlock than a BLM, but has an affinity for fire magic, destruction, general mayhem.

Both suit me as role models quite perfectly.

3) staff-chucks (I wish lol) (8 Bit Comics) "Magic is about skill and control. Not slinging spells around like swords! What kind of useless, moronic~"

[KoujiMoreno]

Myth farm Brayflox HM, Tank, Healer, 2x BLMs.

[Lunavi]

I play BLM because it is the class I best can identify with. This is very important as I love roleplaying and therefore feels it is important that I feel at home in my class/character.

[scarletfoxxy]

i personally started using BLM! i have every DoW and DoM lvl'd to 50 with BLM being my lowest at ilvl 88! I also used to down the BLM class as being bad or bland and believe me i hated it until i got to about lvl 46 and beyond it i can attest they do a crap ton of damage and given the right situation can very useful to a 4-8 man team. Almost to the point of "don't leave home without em". I respect BLM a lot more now!

[Ryans]

I have yet to see any monk or dragoon out DPS me honestly. Always number one on the DPS scale here. They don't blow anyone out opf the water. While a monk or dragoon need to constantly shift their direction of attack from flank, to behind to flank again etc, im just standing there blowing stuff up. I don't need to be in a special area to get a 150 potency hit. To be honest, many BLM's that I come in contact with don't know how to be a BLM. Opening Turn 4 with flare? Just because you see a lot of BLM's doesn't mean they know how to play the class.

The numbers tend to even themselves out in an actual encounter involving moving, but monk beats dragoon and dragoon beats everything else in maximum potential dps. The reason for that is because they have to move so much. You'll notice a huge advantage to bring melee once they have memorized an encounter and know all the possible times they should be dealing damage, as they'll out damage any ranged.

[SongJoohee]

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I would argue that keeping track of the mana tick timing is a more 'complicated' than watching your target so you don't waste a cast on getting LOS'd or on a target that dies before you finish, or you waste a fire cast on an opponent with 100hp for example, simply because in those instances you have a point of reference, being the target itself, or the targets hp bar, whereas with mana ticks it's all hidden from view. And I said for BLM specifically, the LOS/wasting large abilities on low hp targets is an issue for everyone, not just blm.

[Zaero]

I found it the most fun to play. Unfortunately, it often gets put in "Most Optimal Speedrun Groups", which tend to bum me out.

[necrosis]

This is somewhat false. When a BLM goes to a low level fate, they usually can't finish a cast before the mob is dead. I can't tell you how many stupid fates I didn't gedal in or got bronze because my level was capped below Scathe or Bliz II.

This is why I farm Atma on BRD and not my main WHM. Got sick and tired of mobs dieing before I could get off a Stone I without Swiftcast.

[Ronyx]

Because.... People "think" is the best DPS just because it does BIG numbers.

[Dsync]

Be honest: we all play black mage so we can bring that giant meteor down on everyone.

Even if it's a single target and you have a melee in your group!