Solving the Fire Mage Problem

[Judah_Brandt]

No because i have multiple 60's and i have yet to see a blm rip hate in any content i've participated in. Even when i've tanked. It's not something you don't notice.

Me too. I've seen it happen. You're also dismissing the amount of damage that the Job does. Here is a 177 page thread that may enlighten you.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...A-Guide-to-DPS

[Alaltus]

Me too. I've seen it happen. You're also dismissing the amount of damage that the Job does. Here is a 177 page thread that may enlighten you.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...A-Guide-to-DPS

Go read it again the guide specifically says that quelling strike is only used to help a tank get time to establish hate. That doesn't sound like BLM really has to hold back throughout the fight. In XI BLM could rip hate at any time if they didn't hold back sufficiently. Which is why once you got ancient magic you aimed to kill with it because if you didn't and you didn't get a resist you were dead.

[FunkyBunch]

Go read it again the guide specifically says that quelling strike is only used to help a tank get time to establish hate. That doesn't sound like BLM really has to hold back throughout the fight. In XI BLM could rip hate at any time if they didn't hold back sufficiently. Which is why once you got ancient magic you aimed to kill with it because if you didn't and you didn't get a resist you were dead.

I have to try to rip hate away from a good tank and if they're really good I would need to use a pot to get a 3rd Flare off.
I constantly straddle the aggro line in the AoE rotation. Not AoE though and I can't imagine ever ripping hate off of a tank even in the opener with pots.
You generate a lot of hate, but not enough to overtake a good tank unless your gear is significantly better than theirs.