Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[Neophyter]

For the opener, why not add T3 into the mix? So, in essence:

           240    B3
0.5                            Swiftcast
2.36   390    T3
                                  Quelling
                                  Ley Lines
                                  Sharpcast
2.01   168     F3
                                  Enochian
2.01   304.2  F1
0.5                            Raging
1                                Pot
2.41   635.0  F4
2.41   635.0  F4
2.41   635.0  F4  
2.01   544.3  FS      Convert
2.41   635.0  F4
2.41   635.0  F4
2.41   635.0  F4
2.01   176.4  B3
2.01   745.5  TC
2.41   294     B4

I'm using the same spell speed as your guide. Other variations include T1 after the 2nd B3.

I realize that this opener is extremely luck dependent and failing to get a Thundercloud proc will result in a dps loss.

[Sleigh]

For the opener, why not add T3 into the mix? So, in essence:.

You can't fit 3 oGCDs in a Swiftcast spell. 2 rides the line during Leylines, you'd have to add .5s or so to your timeline.

Could go into the benefits/cons of B3 vs F1 or F3 openers, but here's by far the biggest reason B3 openers are dead weight IMO. Depending on group buff timers, long ramp up openers, at whatever benefit they may or may not bring, can be bad for 3.0 group buffs. If your DRG pops Litany on the pull, as is a common strat, you're spending about 8s of it ramping up. Heck, you may even miss a bit of TA in there. I'm sure we all know, Foe's or no Foe's, BLM on the opener with crits is some of the nastiest burst in the game, possibly the strongest if you get a few 10k crits of your 5 to 6 F4s. You don't wanna miss even one RS F4 with Litany if you can help it.

[Neophyter]

If your DRG pops Litany on the pull, as is a common strat, you're spending about 8s of it ramping up.

I feel as though popping group CDs on pull is bad practice because all classes have ramp up (at least 3 GCDs to put on slashing/piercing/blunt debuff? I don't play MNK or DRG but for NIN and WAR, it's 3 GCDs) and so the B3 opener shouldn't be that big of a deal, but if it's as you say, then yeah, my opener will lose out on the group buffs. Also, I adjusted my opener to have quelling and ley lines before the B3 but being on my phone and trying to put it in here makes me sad.