Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[RLofOBFL]

So all the rotation guides say to use F1 > F4 x2 > but I can fit up to 4 F4s in my window before needing B3, or I could use F3 x3 & still have 4-5 seconds of AF left.


So my question is: Should I still use F1 > F4 x2 or could I use F4 x3 or x4 in my normal rotation & will that result in a dps loss/gain, if it does, how so?

[HaroldSaxon]

So all the rotation guides say to use F1 > F4 x2 > but I can fit up to 4 F4s in my window before needing B3, or I could use F3 x3 & still have 4-5 seconds of AF left.


So my question is: Should I still use F1 > F4 x2 or could I use F4 x3 or x4 in my normal rotation & will that result in a dps loss/gain, if it does, how so?

You should always aim for either 4 x F4 & 1 x F1 or 5 x F4 in your Astral Fire phase - just doing the 4 F4's is a dps loss.

Regarding the order of which - ultimately if you are sitting on a dummy, it doesn't matter. However it does depend on what is happening - do you know you have a short period where you don't need to move but do in a few GCD's? Go F4,F4,F4,F1,F1. Got to move fairly soonish but then you have a period of standing still? Go F4,F1,F4,F4,F1

99% of the time I use the F4,F4,F1,F4,F1 order - mainly because I can fit in a T3 proc before and a T3 proc after F1 if i'm lucky, and there isn't much movement that requires me to adjust - but its something I do switch up every so often.