Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[Ferrasper]

Hey guys new player here and been reading a LOT about BLM rotations and now I'm near 70, I saw an optimal AOE rotation skipping fire 2 when you hit 68 umbral hearts? you get more DPS when you do bliz3>enoch>thunder4>bliz4>fire3>flare>flare>conver>flare>foul? than having to cast 2 fire2 before the first flare?

That sounds about right with the occasional TC proc tossed in.

[Sylvain]

That sounds about right with the occasional TC proc tossed in.

Really? Doing the 2 FireII is an aoe loss?
Well, great then

[Galvuu]

That sounds about right with the occasional TC proc tossed in.

Depends on the number of enemies.
5 or more, you should Fire II with the extra Umbral Heart you have (Fire II>Fire II>Flare>Foul>Flare>Transpose>T4>B4>F3>more of this).
I think this is also the case for 4 enemies. I'll calc this for you and edit the post in a couple of hours.
If you get a TC proc try to save it for after Tranpose btw, so you don't sit there waiting for the mana tick doing nothing.

[Ferrasper]

Depends on the number of enemies.
5 or more, you should Fire II with the extra Umbral Heart you have (Fire II>Fire II>Flare>Foul>Flare>Transpose>T4>B4>F3>more of this).
I think this is also the case for 4 enemies. I'll calc this for you and edit the post in a couple of hours.
If you get a TC proc try to save it for after Tranpose btw, so you don't sit there waiting for the mana tick doing nothing.

Eh, I found out the fire 2s aren't really necessary even with that numbers, and waiting for the thunder proc for expert runs is also eh. You sometimes get 3 in a row which you do more damage by just spamming the TC. I know you like to min/max everything, but for dungeon runs, it sometimes isn't required when doing the basic is good enough.

Min/maxing for EX, raids, and savage I am all behind that. For everyday runs though, I would rather be a lazy bastard and do good enough without thinking too hard about it.