Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[StouterTaru]

Eikon body is smexy, I'll be wearing mine until 3.4

[Garotte14]

Obviously snagged the legs for the first lore purchase, but is anyone else thinking about putting off that chest for the forseeable future? Problem being the prototype chest is hot garbage too.

I pentamelded the 220 Crafted Chest, and I don't plan on replacing that until I get the Midan Coat.

[Maero]

I actually went with lore feet first as i could also get a ring. No immediate plans to change chest atm.
My ss is finally getting closer to were i want, currently @ 866 if i recall (without food). I also regret going the lazy route and using IV instead of V for some of my melds, lol

[Garotte14]

So I was just looking at ffxiv.ariyala.com, and the BLM Stat Weights have been updated, but I can't seem to find a source. So I'm very curious if its accurate.

Weapon Damage - 9.971
Spell Speed: 0.413
Critical Hit Rate: 0.206
Determination: 0.172

If these are accurate, Spell Speed is insanely high. We already knew SS is weighted higher than the rest, but that's a lot higher than I expected. And crit is still outshining Det. Anyone have confirmed Caster Accuracy Cap for A8S yet? Can't find anything concrete.

[OneWingedSora]

No misses at 610, I imagine 600 is probably enough.

[dimakai]

Those numbers are from a comment in Happy's latest video. Here's the comment:

BLM stat weights are farther down, done by another redit user named kairyuGestalter. SS>CRIT>DET
-snip-
"I've been working on the question of BLM weights for some time (Going all the way back to just before 2.2 in fact). The simulations I've run for other jobs line up close enough to Dervy's weights that I think the methodology I'm using is valid, even if the formulas I'm using are a little bit off. So here goes, BLM stat weights for 3.2 are:
WD: 9.971
INT: 1.000
DET: 0.172
Crit: 0.206
SS: 0.413
-snip-
Credit: AkairyuGestalter

Personally, I'll be waiting for Dervy's numbers to see how they compare.

[Ayuhra]

So this is probably a weird question for folks.

I am, very likely, the worst BLM that has ever existed in the history of the game. Maybe. Possibly.

I get cussed out Duty Finder sometimes especially when I am still learning an encounter.

So my question is, is there ANY sort of pointer or trick for not being that person who "sucks at BLM" when still learning an encounter? I watch videos and read up but it is a poor substitute for actually doing the fight. I just can't figure out where to stand or when to use my cooldowns when I'm still new. There is just so much movement. I really hate feeling like a useless anchor on a group.

[Maero]

I would say practice on that new dummy that was added, do some EX Primal fights as well such as Titan (which some still fail at) and just try different rotations
It's all about timing and having 100% enochian uptime if at all possible and when to use procs, etc..

[Stupiduglytaru]

So this is probably a weird question for

I get cussed out Duty Finder sometimes especially when I am still learning an encounter.

So my question is, is there ANY sort of pointer or trick for not being that person who "sucks at BLM" when still learning an encounter? I watch videos and read up but it is a poor substitute for actually doing the fight. I just can't figure out where to stand or when to use my cooldowns when I'm still new. There is just so much movement. I really hate feeling like a useless anchor on a group.

The most important is rotation rotation rotation

Practice on a dummy, live it, breathe it.

Once it's all muscle memory and you have a secure grip of timers, then practice it out in runs.

It's alot easier when you know your rotation well to go into fights, your only then concerned about movement

Watch other blms and see what they do, record fights you do to see where you can improve.

[Judge_Xero]

My question is, is there ANY sort of pointer or trick for not being that person who "sucks at BLM" when still learning an encounter? I watch videos and read up but it is a poor substitute for actually doing the fight. I just can't figure out where to stand or when to use my cooldowns when I'm still new. There is just so much movement. I really hate feeling like a useless anchor on a group.

Like others have said, practice your rotation on a dummy, especially the Sky ones so you know if your output is enough for your gear level.

Basically i210 for the A5S Dummy up to i225 for the A8S Dummy.

Other than that it's just a matter of playing BLM at the highest level you can for all content, in order to understand how to optimize it.

i.e. Holding procs for movement, target swapping, AOE, Aetherial Manipulation, Ward/Wall to limit movement, being comfortable with the rotation while performing mechanics (not losing your place in rotation or adjusting to keep Enochian)

All things you want to learn so you can adapt on the fly, which is just easier to learn by doing instead of reading somewhere that when X happens do Y.