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[Aikaal]

Any suggestions as to bring it up without demeaning his skill or making it sound like I'm selfish?

I play FCoB as a WHM on my alt also. I feel Eos is a safety but it's wasted. It's hard to approach that question without insulting them. There's several possibilities why your Scholar uses Eos.

• The first would be that you white mage don't maximise his healing spells so the scholar is required to heal more.
• The second would be he's playing super ultra safe and his argument will be, "Are we wiping because of a DPS check?"
• The third which I has seen few times is he's selfish and Eos allows him to dps more.
• The fourth would be he's extremely lazy and he's not a great Scholar.

Eos is a waste in FCoB once you have enough gear. The first clears, people were in iLevel 110 and they had Selene the entire fight of T13 because they needed the extra DPS. You could point out Selene gives a DPS for everybody. Also, I jsut watched your video and I can tell you it's probably the accurate option.

First of all, your scholar is not throwing a single dot even at the beginning of the fight. There is no damage at beginning, there is no reason not to DoT as a SCH. Second, we see the HPS and I know for a fact WHM have higher HPS than SCH. Either WHm is slacking down or SCH is overhealing. Also, why would you need Eos in this fight? Everytime the raid takes damage, you have a long break before they take more damage. This is the job or Medica II. If more damage happens (like in second phase) Sucor + Medica + Medica II is plenty enough. Lastly and you should link this post to your Scholar so he sees it's not only from you. After second phase, nerve gas is an auto-crit. I see EVERYBODY with Stoneskin (Which I never do as a WHM unless my ally has weakness) but what I also see is the lack of Succor and the lack of Super-Virus. This is why your Bard and White Mage died in this attempt.

I think he can improves. There's plenty of outstanding Scholars around and he could learn from taking advices from one that clear FCoB.

[Aikaal]

Alsoooooo! It's done! T13 BLM Guide

I want to apology first of all, this week was the worst clear I did so I was forced to use different attempts for each phase so you won't be able to evaluate my DPS much. The T13 clear I got with those numbers was fully done with Eos since we had lag issues the entire week. There's also more I wish I would have said but I didn't want to turn this into a 30mins video, nobody wants that. I might do another one with dps only advices and not mentioning mechanics.

But now that I'm done with FCoB, I'm gonna jump ahead with BLM specific mechanics videos. I really want to make a video to compare T2 > F3 openerr versus B3 > T1 > F3 opener. I have valid points I want to say in my belt and that's why I use that rotation.

At least... I got Staff this week :3

[Odowla]

rip tank threat

[Aikaal]

rip tank threat

D: Tank died. I somehow survived.

[Sleigh]

But now that I'm done with FCoB, I'm gonna jump ahead with BLM specific mechanics videos. I really want to make a video to compare T2 > F3 openerr versus B3 > T1 > F3 opener. I have valid points I want to say in my belt and that's why I use that rotation.

Ever since they buffed BLM F3/F1 potencies and didn't touch Thunder potencies, there is only one opener in a raid setting: F3 timed as the tank pulls. Any opener not starting with F3 is gonna on average be less potency, due to having to in some form do a hard cast F3, and because you're favoring options other than not doing your highest potency option as much as possible, F1. The specifics of what comes after F3 are the only thing that should vary, unless you're giving your tank an aggro lead due to him being undergeared/PUG/terrible.

B3 > Thunder of sorts > F3 only worked well back in 2.0 when you could double dip off of F3 > F1 for a Firestarter proc, otherwise it's too long an opener for a small payoff.
T2 > F3 requires a hardcast F3 when that should just be F3 > F1 in less time

The only time a Thunder opener is good is when you actually get a Thundercloud proc, otherwise it's pretty inferior both sustained and burst. I will say there can be a benefit of starting a fresh rotation (like after a phase shift) to coincide with the end of your rotation though, like when the Twintania add spawns in T13 the Gust spawns times well with a T3 > F3 > end of rotation > Flare on average, or certain tower timings on the Dread spawning in T8, stuff like that.

[Aikaal]

Ever since they buffed BLM F3/F1 potencies and didn't touch Thunder potencies, there is only one opener in a raid setting: F3 timed as the tank pulls. Any opener not starting with F3 is gonna on average be less potency, due to having to in some form do a hard cast F3, and because you're favoring options other than not doing your highest potency option as much as possible, F1. The specifics of what comes after F3 are the only thing that should vary, unless you're giving your tank an aggro lead due to him being undergeared/PUG/terrible.

B3 > Thunder of sorts > F3 only worked well back in 2.0 when you could double dip off of F3 > F1 for a Firestarter proc.
T2 > F3 requires a hardcast F3 when that should just be F3 > F1 in less time

The only time a Thunder opener is good is when you actually get a Thundercloud proc, otherwise it's pretty inferior both sustained and burst.

I can't agree with that. That's why I want to make this video. In paper, B3 opener is weaker but in action, it's better. I want the 5th Fire I.

My first point is I've bursted multiple times for 1k+ DPS starting with B3.

[Sleigh]

I can't agree with that. That's why I want to make this video. In paper, B3 opener is weaker but in action, it's better. I want the 5th Fire I.

My first point is I've bursted multiple times for 1k+ DPS starting with B3.

I see the merits you'd have for B3 > T1 > F3 (easy RS entry, having Thundercloud chance, 5 Fire 1s) but every time I try it compared to a F3 opener, the F3 opener stays ahead of the B3 opener the entire way. This is using RS after F1 in the F3 rotation as a Firestarter check.

I just don't know if the advantages can get around the potency loss.

[Aikaal]

I see the merits you'd have for B3 > T1 > F3 (easy RS entry, having Thundercloud chance, 5 Fire 1s) but every time I try it compared to a F3 opener, the F3 opener stays ahead of the B3 opener the entire way. This is using RS after F1 in the F3 rotation as a Firestarter check.

I just don't know if the advantages can get around the potency loss.

I just spent hours on a spreadsheet doing maths x.x I'm so sick of it. I got... interesting numbers lol. I jsut need to get few people to verify if I'm a moron or not. But if I'm not an idiot, it would explains a lot of thing. ;; I need to be able to talk to Harold.

[Skeith-Adeline]

Never thought of opening with a Fire 3 instead of a Thunder 3... Tried it tonight and stole the boss, and died LOL. I think I'll continue using it >

[Aikaal]

Never thought of opening with a Fire 3 instead of a Thunder 3... Tried it tonight and stole the boss, and died LOL. I think I'll continue using it >

You want to precast Quellings if you open with F3 / B3.