I don't understand the Black Mage nerfs at all. Black Mage in general don't really output that much burst either, even with fire 4 spam. For one, they need to be stationary to even attempt to be bursty. Second, there are no effective middle OGCD's you are casting between each attack that adds up as much as a MCH, BRD, or the typical melee could pull off and that's what really lands kills...

Black Mage is so susceptible to losing Astral Fire 3 stacks during Enochian too, setting them back A LOT. Losing these stacks could be done by very simple measures such as blm casting fire 4? do one stun. Got a Knock Back? knock him out of range. Those two things can break a black mage easily and make them resort to fire 1's.

I don't know about you guys but, I feel Black Mage is just garbage in PvP. It's been gutted way too many times. It needs love. I would love to have someone prove me wrong about this with hard evidence tho...