All this BLM negativity. ...

[StouterTaru]

Did you level up playing only ARR content with ARR only skills?
The only time now black mage shine at killing weak adds is when they are stacked enough to flare them. other than that black mage are awful at killing single target weak adds because scathe is shit, they die before you can cast fire IV and most of the time if you cast fire I, It will land and deal 2.5k damage when the add has 5-10% hp left

With no party coordination, you're right. But which is a bigger loss for the party, the monk using a shoulder tackle to a distant mob and hitting it with a couple pops, then running back to the boss, or the BLM swapping targets to pop the add down and back onto the boss seamlessly?

[hallena]

With no party coordination, you're right. , the monk using a shoulder tackle to a distant mob and hitting it with a couple pops, then running back to the boss, or the BLM swapping targets to pop the add down and back onto the boss seamlessly?

Which add would that be? Because both the spirit gana and the adds from Floor 4 run in melee range and the adds in floor 1 spawn on the boss

As for your But which is a bigger loss for the party comment. It depend. If your fire IV get interupted. that is 4-7k damage wasted. If that interuption force you to spam fire I, That is 1-2k less damage per cast compared to fire IV aswell as costing 400 more mana locking you out of your fouth fire IV. Wasting another 4-7k damage.

[StouterTaru]

Which add would that be? Because both the spirit gana and the adds from Floor 4 run in melee range

You mean AoE range of the boss?

[hallena]

You mean AoE range of the boss?

If you stack up the add in floor 4 i have some bad news for you

[StouterTaru]

If you stack up the add in floor 4 i have some bad news for you

The adds from Floor 4 don't run into melee range, the melee run to them. Are these the adds that aren't worth your cast time to kill?

What's the reason for no AoE on the gana?

[hallena]

The adds from Floor 4 don't run into melee range, the melee run to them. Are these the adds that aren't worth your cast time to kill?

What's the reason for no AoE on the gana?

This whole argument is about BLM attacking adds when everyone else is. floor 4 is ok because i am assigned to kill one add so nobody will kill it and cancel my cast. Regardless the floor 4 adds has agro, so they will run so the healer which is when our 2 melee pick one each. the spirit gana are killed on sight by our bard/warrior

[StouterTaru]

This whole argument is about BLM attacking adds when everyone else is. floor 4 is ok because i am assigned to kill one add so nobody will kill it and cancel my cast. the spirit gana are killed on sight by our bard/warrior

There's 4 gana, they swarm the boss. Are you honestly saying that a BLM taking them down with AoE isn't one of the best, or the best way to take care of them?

Floor 4 even in PUG - cast on an add, if someone jumps on that mob during your cast swap over to a different one seamlessly. In any event it would be better for the run for the BLM to take a far add while a melee stays on the boss rather than vice versa.