4.05 DPS Ranking Expectations

[silentwindfr]

do we forget the mana transfert spell that blm can freely use since they have no trouble of mana?

[Galvuu]

do we forget the mana transfert spell that blm can freely use since they have no trouble of mana?

Most teams will have a BRD/MCH being a mana battery.
I can afford to Mana Shift once per 3~4 minutes on RDM (unless I'm rezing a lot, but that's what usually taxes the healers for mana, so if I Verraise they won't need the Mana Shift).
Realistically, if I'm help with rezing, I don't need to Mana Shift, and I've never had to Mana Shift more than once/twice per battle.
BLM is unquestionably the best Mana Shifter in the game. They can afford to do it on cd with almost no loss.
That's actually not very useful at all though. It's about as useful as SAM's slashing debuff (it's useless). Neither should have much weight in balancing.

[Elnidfse]

That's actually not very useful at all though. It's about as useful as SAM's slashing debuff (it's useless). Neither should have much weight in balancing.

Neither have any utility in balancing. Defensive utility means as much as healer DPS when balancing personal DPS according to yoshi p.

[Galvuu]

Neither have any utility in balancing. Defensive utility means as much as healer DPS when balancing personal DPS according to yoshi p.

Slightly off-topic, I kinda hope his comment on that was the politically correct PR stance.
He can't honestly say something like that after Gordias is still fresh in many of our memories lol
(Although that further validates the original point... I don't think he should disregard Mana Shift/defensive utilities in genral outright though...)

[Elnidfse]

Slightly off-topic, I kinda hope his comment on that was the politically correct PR stance.
He can't honestly say something like that after Gordias is still fresh in many of our memories lol
(Although that further validates the original point... I don't think he should disregard Mana Shift/defensive utilities in genral outright though...)

Square is never going to release a raid tier on the level of Gordias again. They already said to expect it to be around creator tier. And defensive utilities should be disregarded. They're fine and all for progression but are absolutely worthless when you have a boss on farm or are going for speedkills. That raise and cure mean little to nothing when we shift back into solo tank solo healer strategies that just burn a boss down.