Some interesting numbers on 4.0 BLM

[Oniji]

I haven't played BLM since 3.x, but just want to give some feedback. Comparing "DPS" or pps between 3.x and 4.x is moot. It can be tempting and deceiving to compare them directly in isolation. SE will tweak potency numbers to balance the current state of the jobs relative to one another, not themselves into the past. So saying that 4.x has X pps more/less than 3.x can be deceiving without looking it within the context relative to the other jobs during their respective patches. That said, there is merit in stating that playing a BLM in 4.x is harder at the baseline than in 3.x.

Thanks for the post, looking forward to getting my hands on BLM in 4.x and seeing how it feels.

[RyeMinx]

I haven't played BLM since 3.x, but just want to give some feedback. Comparing "DPS" or pps between 3.x and 4.x is moot. It can be tempting and deceiving to compare them directly in isolation. SE will tweak potency numbers to balance the current state of the jobs relative to one another, not themselves into the past. So saying that 4.x has X pps more/less than 3.x can be deceiving without looking it within the context relative to the other jobs during their respective patches. That said, there is merit in stating that playing a BLM in 4.x is harder at the baseline than in 3.x.

Thanks for the post, looking forward to getting my hands on BLM in 4.x and seeing how it feels.

I think you misunderstood the post. We aren't compared BLM PPS in 3.x to BLM PPS in 4.0. We are comparing the rotations we used in 3.x (F4-F4-F1-F4-F4) to the rotations provided in 4.0 (F4-F4-F4-F1-F4-F4-F4). And based on evidence, as long as SpS doesn't get too high, the 3.x rotation is a higher pps currently.