Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[Garotte14]

Casters only need rear accuracy so that's why the #s you find are so different from reality for casters.

I get that part. I'm wondering what caster accuracy is for A2. Only number I've seen is 587 and that was for casters. But this seems way too high if A3 is 531

[OneWingedSora]

I get that part. I'm wondering what caster accuracy is for A2. Only number I've seen is 587 and that was for casters. But this seems way too high if A3 is 531

No misses at 520 on A2S.

[Xisin]

I'm honestly surprised you opted for blm choco. Was sure you would've went smn.

[OneWingedSora]

I'm honestly surprised you opted for blm choco. Was sure you would've went smn.

What makes you so sure ? I've mained BLM in 2.X. I can play both classes perfectly fine and honestly.. I just got bored of playing the much easier job. I know it might not make sense but I am the kind of guy that enjoys perfecting/maximizing DPS on the hardest/one of the harder jobs in the game.

Also, like you said before, BLM just "feels" so much better.

Still not denying SMN can do better on A1S/A2S but it's so brain dead easy that it just doesn't feel rewarding to me

[Sleigh]

SMN is easier most of the time, true, since you get to move wherever you want for free most of the time, and you spend about 2/3 your casts using using filler of sorts, and most of those are interchangeable. That said, BLM is actually really, really easy too, let's not kid ourselves, it's just at the times you have to adjust your dummy rotation it's more make or break than a mistake from SMN due to Enochian timers.

Personally I think BLM is easier to stay focused on without forgetting something when something goes wrong or you're unfamiliar with mechanics. You can auto-pilot according to your rotation and watch your surroundings and follow your own internal clock. It's been that way ever since ARR - something goes hairy, I have to do some callouts or people get wrecked, your fingers will still flow as they should. SMN, when things hit the fan, and you lose focus and possibly let Shadow Flare stay off as you try to focus on the raid for 10s, and forget to Fester because you were saving it until 10s were left on it but someone dying made you respond critically on what to do, that for me is the difficulty of SMN.

tl;dr - I find keeping your cool on BLM way easier in general since it's so focused on the caster, and you can always follow that with training. I find SMN when you can keep your focus 100% easier to do in real fights with mechanics since if you follow your script it's still just a dummy, but with more R2s, but when there's any disorientation it's less fluid and harder to adapt to. I'm trying to put this in a way without making me seem like I constantly lose focus in raids, I don't, just something I've noticed over the last two years between the two classes, and IDK about any other raid leaders here but it does happen occasionally. Much easier to DPS when all you're focusing on is your damage.

[Ferrasper]

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That's one of my problems. I can't keep my cool that easy. If I loose my AF3 due to movement or enochian times out, I start to cuss at the screen and say not very nice things which stresses me out. That's the main reason I kind of decided that maybe the MCH or bard should be my main. The timers aren't as strict.

[MiruWest]

No misses at 520 on A2S.

Does this apply to Brd/ Mch?

[Garotte14]

Does this apply to Brd/ Mch?

Bard/machinist have flank accuracy cap so theirs will have to be higher

[Waliel]

Bard/machinist have flank accuracy cap so theirs will have to be higher

They could just always hit from the rear, but that is not really feasible.

[Kuroyasha]

That's one of my problems. I can't keep my cool that easy. If I loose my AF3 due to movement or enochian times out, I start to cuss at the screen and say not very nice things which stresses me out. That's the main reason I kind of decided that maybe the MCH or bard should be my main. The timers aren't as strict.

First time I felt the angst of mistiming a cast and losing Eno/Blizz4 right before it finished casting I was like