How's BLM looking?

[Vallhallix]

I'm not entirely sure SMN and BLM will be neck and neck. I mean my SMN is just 64 now, but my RDM at 52 (with the same strength/weapon level) is incredibly burstier in potd. Having all RDMs or atleast 2 has made for the fastest potd runs and boss kills from 51-100. Knowing what it could be like at 60-70 I think there might be more competition between RDM and BLM than with SMN. I'm not 100% yet, but after seeing what RDM is capable of, SMN may need a buff. In potd you have to use tri-disaster all 3 stacks and deathflare to kill one enemy as fast as RDM.

[Silverquick]

I'm not entirely sure SMN and BLM will be neck and neck. I mean my SMN is just 64 now, but my RDM at 52 (with the same strength/weapon level) is incredibly burstier in potd. Having all RDMs or atleast 2 has made for the fastest potdruns and boss kills from 51-100. Knowing what it could be like at 60-70 I think there might be more competition between RDM and BLM than with SMN. I'm not 100% yet, but after seeing what RDM is capable of, SMN may need a buff. In potd you have to use tri-disaster all 3 stacks and deathflare to kill one enemy as fast as RDM.

Yeah SMN isn't really competitive anymore, but we all knew that from the Tooltips before launch. And playing the thing afterward... It was predictable.

Red Mage shocked me... I did a dungeon run with it through Hullbreaker. I was thinking it was single target only type job too... but Scatter is dual casted its just powerful. At those levels I was burning through multiple mobs the same way I did as BLM with F2s and Flare. I didn't expect that.

I still think BLM will come out on top in Single Target, but now that I've played it, but the fast speedy damage the Red Mage does may well approach it. I did some PoTD too, and my experience was the same as yours.

While I don't have RDM to the same level as BLM and its not really geared at this point... these two are very competitive with each other.