Brd/Mch was fixed, will BLM be fixed?

[Darxer]

BLM's know what I'm talking about. No need to explain. The complaint/feedback threads appear daily with the listed problems with the job.

EDIT: Since some people are unaware of the problems. Try to be constructive while you're here or leave.

-A current cast of F4 and B4 are cancelled if Enochian falls off (costing several seconds of zero DPS aka punishing)
-F1 costs more MP than F4, meaning if you have to move, you have to cast F1 to keep up AF3, costing more MP and removing a F4 from the rotation (punishing)
-Thundercloud procs are very often wasted, as there is not enough time in the enochian rotation
-Using a Thundercloud proc during F4 rotation is a DPS loss
-Firestarter procs are often wasted, not enough time in enochian rotation
-Pressing Enochian while the Enochian buff is still on negatively impacts your Enochian buff timer and locks you out of your skills. For instance, pressing Enochian at 1 or 2 second left on the buff, will then "refresh" your buff to 5 or 10 seconds and return on cooldown for the full 60 secs.

The job should be able to contend with other jobs with movement, but currently movement is actually PUNISHING, when I say punishing I mean reducing DPS by a great amount. Standing still should be rewarding, proper movement while maintaining DPS should challenging, nothing should be punishing. If these problems aren't obvious to you "BLM is fine" people, you're either pretending not to notice or oblivious and do not care about your damage output and contending with other jobs.

What needs to be fixed? All of the above can be fixed by extending Astral Fire time from 10 seconds to 12-15 seconds, and allowing a cast of F4/B4 to finish if Enochian drops. Boom, job fixed. We are not asking for more damage, we already do great damage, we are not asking for an easier rotation the rotation is already simple, we are not asking for any buffs, we don't need less button presses or a simpler job in general, we are asking for less punishing job features, WE ARE ASKING FOR SIMPLE FIXES TO QUALITY OF LIFE.

Here are a couple constructive threads that discuss the problems, ways to currently work with them, and potential solutions:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-new-expansion
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...age-Calculator

[UltimateAoe2]

BLMs need fixing...?


w-wha.. O_O;

you probably think "OMG TOO MANY NEW BUFFS/SPELLS PLS I NEED IT SIMPLE"


yeaaaaaaaaaaahno.

[o3o]

I don't know what you're talking about. Currently BLM is fine.

Even with all the new stuff we got. There is only ONE THING we have to manage. And it's easy since everything lines up pretty well.

[Atlaworks]

BLM is fine, your job wasn't failing DPS checks at maximum potential. Enochian wasn't an active detriment to you.

[Ayuhra]

Damage wise we're fine but we do need quality of life fixes to make our rotation not infuriating, I'm sure that's what he's talking about.

[Duelle]

you probably think "OMG TOO MANY NEW BUFFS/SPELLS PLS I NEED IT SIMPLE"

And since when did simple become a bad thing?

[Atlaworks]

And since when did simple become a bad thing?

It's not! Doesn't mean your class is broken if it's not simple though. I mean, MCH still has weird janky skills that are underpowered(In utility, and I'm cool with the buffs just to clarify) and their utility is sub-par at best, and it's a far cry from simple, but it works.

I can't claim to know what QoL fixes BLM needs myself though, I haven't levelled one from 50 to 60 yet. So I can't speak on that.

[Issac]

For the most part, I don't mind BLM.

Except when, y'know, a fight demands so much damage evasion that people start giving you crap because you're parsing 10% less than the melee that can dance and combo all they desire.

Not advocating parsers. Not complaining about them, either. Just asking for a little more leniency in moving around. Someone mentioned making Fire IV instant cast. Not so sure about it, but it's a thought.

[Eul]

> BLM
> need fix

derp

[Kahnom]

As main Blm,I don't think we need any fixed.With all these new skills we can add a lot of tricks into our basic rotation,Just be creative about using skills , Know when to move , Know when not to move.Blm/Smn are Artist of the battlefield after all.