Brd/Mch was fixed, will BLM be fixed?

[Ayuhra]

I have to agree about the mobility issue. A lot of the fights are not BLM friendly at all because you start casting, and midcast have to move (thus interrupting your spell). Leylines does help, but it's fixed in whichever spot you place it. God forbid other BLMs have the crap luck I've had leveling and place their LL, and instantly become an AOE magnet. xD (No, that's not a real issue. Just a major coincidence for me.)

I wonder if I can get my FC to help me with experimenting with this...

My experience has been that if I drop Ley Lines the random ground AoEs WILL target me. Circular ones will land precisely on top of my Ley Lines. Column charges will land precisely on top of me. I do stand at the edge of mine but it seems I am always the player with stuff dropped on them, even if there are other ranged. It's probably confirmation bias or something but it FEELS like AoEs like Ley Lines more than mere coincidence should allow.

[KyteStones]

At least you didn't get a clone skill... *cough* Wheeling Thrust/Fang and Claw *cough* While keeping up Blood of the Dragon which can fall of due to mechanics and have to wait for a minute maybe. BLM are fine and BLMs i know who are in statics and raid say its fine.

The old raids of course it's fine. As a BLM you have little to no movement. For the newer content it's dodge city as a caster. It's def not fine. It's not horrible, but it's not fine.

[Maero]

If at all some small changes to enochian would be ideal.
Perhaps extend the timer of AF like someone had mentioned.
Certain mechanics seem to have enochian drop off early or i should say pre maturely. Having to recast fire again when you just did previously in order to use FireIV once more is a tad annoying.
Mana ticks, is still about timing and i do find it to be about the same or close anyhow.

[Corfish]

And if you dare taking damage for the sake of your rotation, beware of the angry healer...

As one of those healers, yeah I do get annoyed. In old content it's fine, but the current content hits just hard enough to where it can cause some major issues. Damage snowballs fast in the new dungeons, especially Alexander.

[AnaviAnael]

I wonder if I can get my FC to help me with experimenting with this...

My experience has been that if I drop Ley Lines the random ground AoEs WILL target me. Circular ones will land precisely on top of my Ley Lines. Column charges will land precisely on top of me. I do stand at the edge of mine but it seems I am always the player with stuff dropped on them, even if there are other ranged. It's probably confirmation bias or something but it FEELS like AoEs like Ley Lines more than mere coincidence should allow.

Perhaps Leylines was truly implemented as a means of baiting AoEs. xD Think of all the uses! lol

[NolLacnala]

The content is no longer 100% punching bag BLM friendly, this is a good thing. BLM is fine, you just need to

[Adire]

really? and Neverreap is friendly to BLMs? i don't know how anyone can get through Enochain without completely flipping on out on the last boss of Neverreap.

they even removed the best part about Manawall.

We've all got our problems.

Try keeping GL up on the 2nd Neverreap boss when you have to stop attacking and move totems every few seconds. Try reliably getting your positionals off when bosses turn to AoE people constantly. These are things that affect melee dps specifically.

Some jobs by design are going to be more resistant to certain mechanics impacting dps. There's no way around it, no point in complaining about it. If it bugs you that much, play a more resistant job.

You're overthinking it. Most players know when mechanics will impact your dps as the job you play, and only someone ignorant will fault you for it.

[nekuxdesu]

Scathe doesn't exist
Swiftcast doesn't exist
The fact that you cane move way before your cast finishes doesn't exist
Spell speed doesn't exist
Your skill doesn't exist

[Psycofang]

Yeah and each dodge will at minimum require a Sutter cast if you are lucky or a full on drop if your enochian saver is down due to other mechanics.

The fact that we can't even use our own DoT regularly or fluidly points to this issue of time. Using TC proc mid rotation is dps death sentence since youll either not fire 4.

It gets worse as the enochian timer gets shorter you have less and less to to attempt to use any damage control after a dodge.

During the worst periods are between reset 1-2 where if by any reason enochian falls (like players for god knows why...STACKING ON YOU despite you repeatedly moving away from them and they draw aoes/mechanics to you) you are for 15-25 seconds doing terrible dps.

No one is asking for more damage, no one is asking for a simplified rotation, pull your heads out your ass and realize we are asking for time.
Not damage
Not easy rotation
Time to fix situation caused by any number of X factors which could result in a near 50% dps loss.

[Ayuhra]

No one is asking for more damage, no one is asking for a simplified rotation, pull your heads out your ass and realize we are asking for time.
Not damage
Not easy rotation
Time to fix situation caused by any number of X factors which could result in a near 50% dps loss.

^
I'm a new player and this is my first time experiencing actual endgame content in FFXIV (in ARR my "endgame" was finishing the MSQ before Heavensward). That means it's the first time I've had to invest real effort into the game. I'm getting better as I go (unless I'm with my FC, I play like a complete moron around them for some reason) but I still have a lot to learn. Were it just me having trouble with the new rotation I'd say it was because I'm a noob but I've spoken to some extremely experienced and skilled BLMs who are still frustrated by our rotation.

Putting aside dps and issues of skill, the new rotation just isn't fun. It is stressful at worst and annoying at best.