Pros and cons of smn and blm

[SeriousxSarcasm]

Gonna be honest, I started as THM, and got bored with it before I even got to BLM. xD I love the burst damage, but it's sooo slow. Stand still, press your buttons in the right order (Fire/thunder spells in astral fire, ice spells in umbral ice. Higher level skills (like Enochian) looks like they add a higher skill level requirement, but doesn't seem to increase the complexity or mobility at all. I actually intend to level my BLM to 60 at some point, because I've been assured it gets more fun at higher levels, but haven't bother yet lol.

Now reasons I like SMN, I actually started as THM thinking Black Mage was going to have all the awesome Bio/etc spells I loved in the solo Final Fantasy games (spoiler: it doesn't. -_-; ), so that's one reason. Second is how versatile the "rotation" can be. There's a dozen ways to put out your opener depending on the situation. Are mobs dying too fast to bother with Fester/Painflare after your initial Bane? How competent is the healer? ('cause you might have ta save that swiftcast for a res instead of spending it on Shadowflare). Can't hit the boss because dodging mechanics? That's fine, your pet and DoTs are still doing damage even while you're farting all over the arena.

Lastly, I love a busy Job! So many buttons to press, so much to pay attention to. @u@ There's your DoTs and Dreadwyrm opener, you gotta watch your tank and healers (for a well placed e4e/virus when they could use it), you have battle res - and therefore should be the first to notice when someone dies so you can beat the healer to it. Also all the micromanaging of the pet. :3

But I will be the first to admit that it's not the job for everyone. XD Lots of people can't deal with the pet management (it's why people see titan-egi as useless. Dude, I've tanked expert roulette with him before, he holds aggro better than half the tanks I get in there lol!), and/or don't understand how to adapt their opener to different situations (you would not use the same abilities on a single boss as opposed to a mob of 12).