BLM and SMN BUFFs info is coming out!! PATCH 2.3 Preliminary

[Ransu]

Meh, I was hoping they would fix the firestarter proc to activate at the end of the spellcast instead of when the spell hits the target along with increase in proc rates for both firestarter and thundercloud or maybe some kind of stacking system to remove the rng of the class. Not that I'm against potency buffs but overall this really wont fix the main issue of rng and lack of mobility. I get that blm's are not really supposed to be mobile but an increase in proc rate would help a little. especially since I've gone full boss fights without a single thundercloud proc or have gone 2-3 rotations without one firestarter proc.

[Ramath]

But its funny though. When they applied the UI3 "fix", most BLMs saw a ~10% dps loss.
Many months later, our spells are being buffed by ~10%... Funny eh?
Seems like they could just revert the damn fix and be done with it.

You'd think...

I do like the potency buff, but it's not fixing what we really need. /sigh

[Shurrikhan]

I was really hoping to see a potency buff to all but Fire spells, and some manner of stacking instead.

I'd really prefer to have the old regen (including regen ticking just after AF-cast) and double quick-casts back over the flat potency buff given now....

Moving Firestarter proc to cast-end instead of hit, so that they didn't have to replace each other, but rapid casting still potentially could, would also be nice.

Edit: Or heck, some kind of RNG normalization undermechanic...

[Ramath]

If they would simply have our buffs applied when MP is spent, and allow us to stack Firestarter procs 2-3 times, it would solve 90% of our problems. It wouldn't change anything other than simply allow us to do what their original plans and theories of the class were intended for us to do.

[Uninstall]

If they would simply have our buffs applied when MP is spent, and allow us to stack Firestarter procs 2-3 times, it would solve 90% of our problems. It wouldn't change anything other than simply allow us to do what their original plans and theories of the class were intended for us to do.

Why would I want that? That would mean be less than 10% dps increase for us and I have no idea why you'd want a lesser buff than what will be given to us.

[Nilizen]

The potency buffs are nice but that does nothing to address the fact that all fights require constant movement. Why not increase the timer on umbral stacks to 20s instead of 10s? My problem is that with movement and long cast times I lose my umbral stacks and have to start rotation over and over again. Don't see this is a great buff to BLM's at all. Nice if we could just stand in one spot and pew pew. But that never happens.

[Gardes]

The potency buffs are nice but that does nothing to address the fact that all fights require constant movement. Why not increase the timer on umbral stacks to 20s instead of 10s? My problem is that with movement and long cast times I lose my umbral stacks and have to start rotation over and over again. Don't see this is a great buff to BLM's at all. Nice if we could just stand in one spot and pew pew. But that never happens.

I usually use a swift cast to catch up for moments like these. Swift cast has a faster cooldown than raging strikes and convert so I can get an extra instant cast. Either hardcast thunder2 then swiftcast fire3 or swiftcast thunder2 then squeeze in the umbralcast fire3. I'm not sure if it's the thing other blms do though. Do they still swiftcast flare without a convert up on single targets? And then rely on ticks to resume casting?

[Spyrit]

Dear SE,

Raising the amount of damage will not change the movement issues a BLM has, please lower the cast time of Fire I, it's bad enough to have to depend on a random mechanic, it's made all that much worse with a long cast time of the spell that procs the random. Increasing burst will not increase sustained damage. If raid mechanics interupt 80% of Fire 1's cast, that burst increase effects nothing.

[ViviAnimus]

The BLM does not have any movement issues. If you play smart you get high DPS, that's it

[Exstal]

The delusion is strong in you.