So far the Thundercloud change was extremely beneficial in A1 Savage. You can definitely exploit 2 targets to get multiple procs. I'm also extremely satisfied with my first kill parse on BLM. I did 1009 DPS and this is considering I got hit by a missile and lost damage near the end. It wasn't the best but regardless I am content with it. I like the hard DPS checks, it's really challenging.

My group was Paladin, Dark Knight, Scholar (Fey Glow pull, rest Eos), White Mage, Monk, Ninja, Bard, Black Mage.

I'm curious about my how fellow BLMs performed in that turn. Unfortunately, I am a SMN for A2. Black Mage is definitely viable in A1 Savage.