Make Blizzard IV instant. Here's why:

[Malevicton]

This in no way invalidates my concern. "In Time" with a long cast bar in raids where there is a fair degree of random targeted AOE spam that seems to favor people at range and *has* to be avoided (see: ley lines complaints) isn't always "in time". This one facet of our rotation is a uniquely Black Mage problem, and it isn't like we're getting superior single target raid damage from having the most difficult rotation. We all know we aren't on top right now, even when things do go perfectly for us.

An alternative would be to buff F4 damage so that the risk matched the reward, but that's a terrible idea as it would cause the game to slant dramatically in our favor in fights we were allowed to sit around and press our little buttons in the happy little order we see posted on these forums. I don't favor this solution at all.

Do you guys see my goal, yet? Our rotation should be no more easily disrupted by random mechanics than, say, the Dragoon's combo chaining, and when it is disrupted, we should be punished no worse than any other class. Why? Let me stress this again: We do not put out the kind of numbers necessary for how big of a hassle our normal rotation is, relative to other classes.

As far as the first paragraph there, I have to disagree. "In time" for a blm means you started 3 seconds ago. That's always been the case. Much like Hallowed Ground for plds or Benediction for whm: if you use it when you need it then you used it too late. We've always benefited the most from situational foresight. It's not "did I start casting blizz4 with enochian up" it's "Did I finish the cast with enochian up" that you should be focusing your attention on. If you haven't started the cast and have 2 seconds on enochian (and don't have swiftcast) then it's already too late; the time to deal with that came and went and you missed it. "In time" with a long cast bar has always been a thing for blm to deal with. Now it's just more important and less forgiving to deal with. It is uniquely blm, but what you see as a problem I just see as the playstyle.

Odds are most of the time we have to dodge an aoe we'll need to adapt around that, but in most cases there's a solution. The only really problematic time is if you have to dodge while casting blizz4, but even then the first 2 rounds of enochian give you a couple of seconds of leeway. If you miss it on the 3rd round then enochian will reset soon anyways. Hate to be the elitist, but if you're having trouble keeping up enochian with consistency in fights that you know well, then it might be a case of "get gud." Other blm, myself included, can maintain effective enochian uptime, enough at least to remain competitive.

I see your goal, but it's not my goal. It's not a universal goal for blm. It's your goal. Maybe others' as well, but certainly not universal. Sorry, but it kind of just sounds like you don't enjoy the blm playstyle. All of those complaints have pretty much always been true, they've just been exacerbated by the expansion.