Why Black Mage Needs (a teensy bit of) Help

[Jonnycbad]

BLM also desperately needs som QoL adjustments. One more second on AF/UI duration, and roughly 800 more mana at cap. It's not fair that I have to fight the server tick rate as well as the content.

You'll get more mana from gear that has piety on it in future patches, I'm sure.

[Thela]

You'll get more mana from gear that has piety on it in future patches, I'm sure.

Since when does caster gear come with piety on it? Correct answer is never

But yes you know something went wrong in the design when the 3.x and even 2.x pending firestarter luck yields more dps than the 4.0 rotation in movement situations (which is every encounter not a dummy)

[Waliel]

I should add in an actual fight. On paper 4.0 should be better, more F4=more dps, however if you cannot fit in 6 F4 for each B4, which in an actual fight you can't, it's a dps loss.

I once did a 10min test of both rotations. 6xF4: 93 F4 casts, 4xF4: 87 F4 casts.

I refuse to continue playing RDM out of spite at this point.

I find RDM extremely boring. I'd rather put SCH on /follow and watch the fairy solo heal bore-rak.