Tales from Duty Finder: Some make you laugh, some make you cry. Let's vent.

[Bebekurenai]

'Scuse my ignorance, haven't played blm in quiet a bit, but what's the problem with hardcasting fire3?
I used to open with fire3, then fire2 on aoe's a few times until I swifted flare, convert, another flare and so on. And single target also, prepare for enochian/leylines and open with a fire3, leaving swiftcast either to squeeze another fire4 or a blizz4 when timers were tight. Was I supposed to swift fire3 always?

[Mysterysword]

'Scuse my ignorance, haven't played blm in quiet a bit, but what's the problem with hardcasting fire3?
I used to open with fire3, then fire2 on aoe's a few times until I swifted flare, convert, another flare and so on. And single target also, prepare for enochian/leylines and open with a fire3, leaving swiftcast either to squeeze another fire4 or a blizz4 when timers were tight. Was I supposed to swift fire3 always?

At level 54, BLM gets Sharpcast. Hit that, Fire, then use the Firestarter proc you get. I really really really do not understand just why so many BLMs seem to forget that Sharpcast is a skill that exists.

The problem with hardcasting Fire III is that it consumes almost twice as much MP as regular Fire, doesn't do nearly enough damage to make up the difference, and takes a full second longer to cast. There's also the fact that the Firestarter trait means that BLMs spamming Fire would get free Fire III casts that are not only free, but also cast instantly.

TL;DR: Hardcasting Fire III is bad and the only reason to do it is when your rotation is already so screwed up that hardcasting 1 more spell wouldn't hurt anyway.

[Bebekurenai]

At level 54, BLM gets Sharpcast. Hit that, Fire, then use the Firestarter proc you get. I really really really do not understand just why so many BLMs seem to forget that Sharpcast is a skill that exists.

The problem with hardcasting Fire III is that it consumes almost twice as much MP as regular Fire, doesn't do nearly enough damage to make up the difference, and takes a full second longer to cast. There's also the fact that the Firestarter trait means that BLMs spamming Fire would get free Fire III casts that are not only free, but also cast instantly.

TL;DR: Hardcasting Fire III is bad and the only reason to do it is when your rotation is already so screwed up that hardcasting 1 more spell wouldn't hurt anyway.

Thanks I will use sharpcast then on fire now instead of thunder next time I play the job!