Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[Kingsnake661]

Ok. This seems to be a thread with alot of good blms in it. I'm back. I've been away for at least a year. I just hit I175, and am going to be doing the more endgamey stuff, and don't want to suck. But i think i need baby steps... cause right now, some of the rotations i'm reading are making my head spin, and how you guys do it, while moving, without constantly looking at your buff timer... well, i'm assuming it just didn't happen over night, so what did you do to improve? Any advice on hud setup... a simplified rotation? What do i need to do to get to a point where i can hold my own.... TY in advance for any help...

[FunkyBunch]

Ok. This seems to be a thread with alot of good blms in it. I'm back. I've been away for at least a year. I just hit I175, and am going to be doing the more endgamey stuff, and don't want to suck. But i think i need baby steps... cause right now, some of the rotations i'm reading are making my head spin, and how you guys do it, while moving, without constantly looking at your buff timer... well, i'm assuming it just didn't happen over night, so what did you do to improve? Any advice on hud setup... a simplified rotation? What do i need to do to get to a point where i can hold my own.... TY in advance for any help...

I use a second hot bar for my lvl 60 rotation.

But basically it just takes practice. When I was learning I'd often have to use Swiftcast for B4 to make it in time. So if you are having trouble sticking to the whole rotation, add SC as necessary.
The first thing I did was try to get four F4's off per enochian.
Enochian, F3, F4, F4, F1, F4, F4, B3, B4

The once I was comfortable with that, I added in Convert for another F4.
Enochian, F3, F4, F4, F1, F4, F4, Convert, F1, F4, B3, B4

Then I practiced adding in Thunder II
Enochian, F3, F4, F4, F1, F4, F4, Convert, F1, F4, B3, T2, B4

Then I added Ley Lines and Raging Strikes to the beginning.
LL, RS, Enochian, F3, F4, F4, F1, F4, F4, Convert, F1, F4, B3, T2, B4

Now I've added Sharpcast to the beginning to get a Swift Cast Flare
LL, RS, F3, SC, F4, F4, F1, F4, F4, Swift Cast, Flare, Convert, F3, F4, F4, B3, T2, B4 (I may have an extra F4 in there that I may not be able to cast, can't remember as it's muscle memory at this point).

But I'm definitely not an Expert, still getting my gear, but I seem to do more than just keep up to other DPS and BLM in diadem, bosses etc.

[luckystrikes]

I've combined B3 and B4 on to one button or key as a macro. Its rather simple but:
/macroicon "Blizzard 3"
/ac "Blizzard 4" <t>
/ac "Blizzard 3" <t>

This allows me to hit both B3 and B4 with one button. B3 was always cast unless the conditions exist for B4 then it was hit that. Geared a little more towards PS4 players who value space on their crossbar. I tried to do the same for F3/F4 but it doesn't work as you cannot hit a firestarter that way with enochian up.