Quick Spell Speed Question

[ShaolinMike]

One thing to note. With high spell speed, sometimes your AoE rotations can screw you because your F3 from UI is too fast and you don't actually get the mana tick (;_.
So you get stuck after casting F3, with only enough MP for an F2 and then you're OOM and have to wait for transpose to be off cooldown. True Story.

Couldn't you throw in a filler spell while in UI to wait for the tick? I like to use a Thunder I when I run into this, just so there's something to do rather than sit and wait for the tick before Casting Fire III again. Also, If it procs you can switch targets and throw the Thundercloud at another target. I'm far from a good BLM, but it sounds like a good idea to me in my own head lol.

[FunkyBunch]

Couldn't you throw in a filler spell while in UI to wait for the tick? I like to use a Thunder I when I run into this, just so there's something to do rather than sit and wait for the tick before Casting Fire III again. Also, If it procs you can switch targets and throw the TP at another target. I'm far from a good BLM, but it sounds like a good idea to me in my own head lol.

You can, but it's a straight up DPS loss and can still mess with your mana. As you may get an extra tick.
We're talking like tenths of a second here. You don't need to wait for the tick, you need to wait just enough so the tick happens during your F3 cast.

Remember the AoE rotation is F3-F2-F2-F2-Flare-Transpose-F3-F2-F2-Flare. Adding in a T1 to force the tick or something is a pretty big DPS loss. Not as big as having the wrong amount of MP in AF but it's definitely not optimal. On 3+ enemies every single target spell is a DPS loss compared to F2/Flare, even T3P.
Also you don't need to cast B1/B2 in the AoE rotation ever.