Quote Originally Posted by Lilyth View Post
If you have numbers suggesting the contrary, please do share them.
The 2.8 cast time is a buff to BLM dps overall, but I don't think it changes the relative merits of the short rotation and the long rotation. Let me dig my numbers up:

F4, F4, F1, F4, F4, B3, T3, Foul, F3
Math: 2196 fire + 168 + 390 + 650 + 168 = 3572 potency, 23.7 seconds ---> 150.7 potency per second

F4, F4, F4, F1, F4, F4, F4, B3, T3, B4, Foul, F3
Math: 3132 fire + 168 + 390 + 650 + 260 + 168 = 4718 potency, 32.1 seconds ---> 146.98 potency per second

The short cycle is still more convenient and more damaging than the long cycle, so we only want to use the long cycle in order to guarantee more short cycles down the line.