Quote Originally Posted by Psycofang View Post
Smn would be aoe king with decent sustain damage

Smn sustain in a raid environment is generally easier to keep up and can at times surpass blm due to double dotting.
Quote Originally Posted by Sleigh View Post
SMN has the AoE advantage (best in game)
Hi All / Dev Team,

What Psyco and Sleigh are saying...

3.0 launched, and Yoshi P made such a *major* change to Black Mage (from AOE King to "Not So Good AOE"), and it seems like there hasn't been much chatter about it from the community.

Back in the 2.0 era, Yoshi P even said that the Black Mage AOE strength was one of the reasons why it was balanced the way it was (that its AOE was a key characteristic of BLM), yet now in 3.0, he just makes Summoner the AOE King?

Seems like a bad tradeoff.