The Black Mage Rotations

[crc0427]

For the flare/fire 2 dilemma, I've found that by the time I cast flare if swift cast is down, Fire 2 has been cast 3 times which makes more damage than waiting for flare repeatedly.

This doesn't take crit into account, as it can crit on either fire 2 or flare. I've stopped using flare as a result unless swiftcast is up.

[Cynfael]

With Fire 2, you still end up "wasting" a cast on Fire 3 to gain your AF stacks after you've been forced to go UI (and probably also after you've used another cast while waiting for full MP to resume Fire 2 spam).

I'd be curious to see more math for both options, but Flare rotation seems to waste less actual AoE damage potential provided that it's not complete overkill.

[LetBloodline]

For the flare/fire 2 dilemma, I've found that by the time I cast flare if swift cast is down, Fire 2 has been cast 3 times which makes more damage than waiting for flare repeatedly.

This doesn't take crit into account, as it can crit on either fire 2 or flare. I've stopped using flare as a result unless swiftcast is up.

One is 3 sec the other is 4. How can you cast 12 sec worth of fire 2 in 4 sec?