Black Mage Sanctuary - A Guide to DPS

[Lilyth]

cast time of b4 and f4 reduced by
by 0.2 sec?? that's just too OP,... 0.1 would be by far enough lol..

with that, blm can finally earn it's spot
(...sarcasm)

We need our potencies back, I don't understand why it was reduced in the first place. Blm was decent, but hardly overpowered.

The 2.8 cast buff is being way too undervalued apparently. Here are some numbers so you guys can see what it actually did.

Potency alone means nothing for BLM. What does make a difference is the Potency per second and it has been buffed for F4 and B4.

Previously on HW, F4 had 280 potency with a 3 seconds cast time. With all the multipliers in place, 1.8 and 1.05 for AFIII and Enochian respectively, the total potency was 529.2. If you divide it by its cast time, you get its potency per second -> 529.2/3 = 176.4

Right now on SB, F4 has 260 potency with a 3 seconds cast time. Applying the same math as above, we have a total potency of 491.4 and a PPS of 163.8, which is indeed significantly weaker.

Now, with the 2.8 cast time, we have the previous potency (491.4) divided by the new cast time -> 491.4/2.8 = 175.5.

What this means is that F4 PPS went from 163.8 to 175.5, which is almost as good as the old 176.4! And it casts faster. But it's reasonable to point out it's only a PPS increase if you actually cast it (no Triple or Swift), which is unfortunate.

All of the things they have told us about wont really fix the issue of 3.0 vs 4.0 rotations. The point at which the 4.0 rotation surpasses the 3.0 is raw PPS assuming 0 random procs, is when your Fire 4s take 2.25s to cast

I'd really like to see your numbers on this as well. According to what me and acouple friends have been looking at, 4.0 is already better.