Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[Garotte14]

At level 60 content with FireIV it will take a lot less time to just burn those 3 adds down then fire 2 them, lol
Granted sub 60, yes you are correct

I'm sorry, but you are incorrect.

Fire IV is 280 potency * 1.8 Astral Fire III + 5% Enochian = 529.2 Potency. Its 3 second cast time makes this 176.4 Potency Per second.

Fire II is 100 Potency per target * 1.8 Astral Fire III = 180 Potency. Its 3 second cast time makes this 60 PPS per target.

Fire II on two targets would then be 120 PPS, so Fire I or Fire IV is better. Fire II on 3 targets is 180 PPS which is better than Fire/Fire IV. Ending with Flare is an additional 1263.6 Potency (315.9 PPS).

If you are have Enochian up and are using Fire IV on 3+ targets and still ending with Flare, then you are having to transpose > Blizzard IV to refresh which is also a DPS loss.

In no way is Fire IV better on 3+ targets. The only exception would be if, mechanically you needed to burn down a specific mob first/quickly to prevent it from casting something.