Quote Originally Posted by Garotte14 View Post
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https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...ck_mage_guide/
I like the guide, but your spread sheet doesn't have the Blizz3 opener potency in it but your guide says potency wise it's the worst.
But I don't see how that's possible as while you lost 50% on the F3, you gain way more than that from the T3 and the rest of the spells are the same.

Though I only ever use T1 and weave the T3P that inevitably comes up after the F1 that's cast while still under Sharp.
So in essence, most of the time I get an extra T3P worth of potency and still refresh enochian on time.

While it takes longer to get out of Enochian 30 to Enochian 25, you make up for it by not having to wait for your recast of Enochian (not I'm not talking about refresh); with your current setup you have a a few second gap between finishing your 3rd Enochian and being able to recast it, even accounting for movement. And in the NOT opener, it's a no-brainer as you have so much extra Enochian time, you may as well be casting any bonus T3Ps under Enochian.
Also you never have to worry about having the PIE buff or food or PIE materia. You can set those all to int/crit/det/SS as applicable.
Until you get enough PIE to cast an extra F4, I don't see a net benefit as a T3P is always more potent than nothing.