Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[Garotte14]

I'd really like you to further clarify why.
If you place the oGCDs like you suggested, you're exchanging the first AF1 Firestarter proc under RS for an AF3 Blizzard III. That doesn't sound promising.

I'm not exactly 100% certain what you're asking. I could be completely misunderstanding what you were saying. The point I'm trying to make is you want to make the most of weaving skills underneath your Firestarter. So if the two options are: (Ley Lines > F1 > Enochian > F3P > Raging Strikes > F4x3) or (F1 > Enochian + Raging Strikes > F3P > Ley Lines > F4x3) the former is 5.2 PPS higher. In the second scenario, both Enochian and RS are not being weaved at all. So that adds an extra second. Then the F3P isn't under Ley Lines which is a differnece of .33 seconds. In both scenarios the Blizzard III at the end will hit under RS, so that is not a factor.

Edit: Ok, so I kinda see what you are saying after rereading it. You are somewhat correct. You still want to cast Ley Lines prepull regardless if you are using a potion or not. But the better option would be to swap Enochian and RS, since this solves the problem you are referring to. So the better opener without using a potion would be:

Precast Sharpcast + Quelling Strikes + Ley Lines > Fire > Raging Strikes > Firestarter > Enochian > Fire IVx3 > Fire > Swiftcast > Fire IV > Convert > Fire IVx2 > Blizzard III > Thunder > Blizzard IV.