Why are there so many black mages around?

[Inosaska]

They screwed up SMN in this game by making it a Warlock from WoW and not from the FF series so its not surprising everyone is playing a BLM over SMN. If they some day overhaul SMN to be more like the FF series then you will see more people playing it otherwise everyone will just play a BLM.

[Dijana]

Black mage seems to be one of the rarer classes I see around. All of the mages seem rare compared to bard, and dragoon to a lesser extent.

[Warlyx]

i see brds everywhere, but yeah blm is the fotm , SR myth i guess

[Gravehill]

Probobly a combination of a lot of things. People really like ranged dps and blowing stuff up, the black mage gear looks awesome and along with white mage it's one of the most iconic final fantasy jobs going back to FF1

[MoraClaret]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUVI5ukXcRI&t=2m27s

[Vallhallix]

Its one of the easiest classes? downside is thats exactly what makes it the most boring. I got my BLM to about lvl 32 until I called it quits and went back to SMN. Thats wasn't the only reason though. BLM is the slowest DPS class and many later dungeons require constant movement, its like a turtle compared to the others. SMN, BRD, MNK are my faves. SMN for people who know how to use them are phenomenal. Ive ran a couple dungeon as a SMN with a second SMN who knew what they were doing and we breezed through the dungeon faster than anytime I had a BLM in the party.

Problem with SMN is, many people do not realize its full potential and are half using it a lot of the time. But when you get that person who knows the abilities in and out = Epic dps.

They screwed up SMN in this game by making it a Warlock from WoW and not from the FF series so its not surprising everyone is playing a BLM over SMN. If they some day overhaul SMN to be more like the FF series then you will see more people playing it otherwise everyone will just play a BLM.

They didn't people just can't use SMN right, even being nerfed twice its still an OP class.

[Phe]

BLM main in FFXI.
BLM main 4 life.

too bad sleep control is hardly important in FF14.