Is there any reason to play BLM over RDM now days?

[Chocolate_Rain]

Actually, according to most logs I've seen, BLM's are significantly more dps than RDM's in Omega savage. RDM is a better bet if you don't know the fight, but if you have a grip on where you can plant for awhile, BLM creeps ahead.

[Sandpark]

This made me giggle because I can imagine a padded run where a BLM has his slaves suicide in order to buff his personal dps xD

It would meet my idea of the iconic Black Mage.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOsHoqhbUIU

[Remedi]

I'm on o3s right now and I play both rdm and blm and I gotta say I like blm way more. I feel like peopl saying that rdm is better because of mobility have pretty much never taken either of the classes to the raids yet. You can pretty turret for all of the fights so far. The problem with rdm is that maxing your dps means using cac and disengage when you can and a lot do time they will fuck you up so you have to hold them which fucks your dps.

Idd, yet to try O3s but I have to say that neither prior bosses felt that crushing even on learning, I'll even say that while some ppl consider O1s the turret fight I honestly think O2s is the true turret fight of this tier

[Thorbot]

Idd, yet to try O3s but I have to say that neither prior bosses felt that crushing even on learning, I'll even say that while some ppl consider O1s the turret fight I honestly think O2s is the true turret fight of this tier

Yeah I agree with that. You can pretty much turret for the whole fight and on first probes you can just drop leylines in the middle and port back after dodging the aoe.

[Shiroe]

Actually, according to most logs I've seen, BLM's are significantly more dps than RDM's in Omega savage. RDM is a better bet if you don't know the fight, but if you have a grip on where you can plant for awhile, BLM creeps ahead.

the majority of rdm can do better in any omega with ease (also when not focused), ... fewer blm get higher parse, with more effort or (proc) luck..

+ rdm can rez better than healers
+ rdm buffs raid dps with embolden (which is the final slap to the face of blm, since it only buffs physical dps and only the users magical dps..., dunno wtf Yoshi was thinking when he allowed that buff)

as it stands now, blm (and smn), have harder times getting in pfs...

some even preferred smn over blm, cause if ifrit (physical slight buff) and devotion..., besides the emergency rez (even if it doesn't quite compare to rdm's rez)

[Ciderfox]

the majority of rdm can do better in any omega with ease (also when not focused), ... fewer blm get higher parse, with more effort or (proc) luck..

+ rdm can rez better than healers
+ rdm buffs raid dps with embolden (which is the final slap to the face of blm, since it only buffs physical dps and only the users magical dps..., dunno wtf Yoshi was thinking when he allowed that buff)

as it stands now, blm (and smn), have harder times getting in pfs...

some even preferred smn over blm, cause if ifrit (physical slight buff) and devotion..., besides the emergency rez (even if it doesn't quite compare to rdm's rez)

Average BLM parses 200-300 dps higher than RDM on all fights so your comment makes no sense.

[PrismaticDaybreak]

the majority of rdm can do better in any omega with ease (also when not focused), ... fewer blm get higher parse, with more effort or (proc) luck..

+ rdm can rez better than healers
+ rdm buffs raid dps with embolden (which is the final slap to the face of blm, since it only buffs physical dps and only the users magical dps..., dunno wtf Yoshi was thinking when he allowed that buff)

as it stands now, blm (and smn), have harder times getting in pfs...

some even preferred smn over blm, cause if ifrit (physical slight buff) and devotion..., besides the emergency rez (even if it doesn't quite compare to rdm's rez)

Have you even checked the most recent fflogs, y'know since they fixed the RDM mana bug and buffed BLM? Doesn't seem like you have. And nobody brings SMN over either that's absolute tripe since SMN has actual issues making their class undesirable.

[MelvinK]

https://www.fflogs.com/statistics/17/#dataset=95

BLM is claming no2 DPS spot below Samurai. However this is only because meta is currently pretty heavy toward bringing classes that buff samurai. In term of solo DPS i think both class are on par now.

RDM is sharing same spot with SMN

[Phoenicia]

https://www.fflogs.com/statistics/17/#dataset=95

BLM is claming no2 DPS spot below Samurai. However this is only because meta is currently pretty heavy toward bringing classes that buff samurai. In term of solo DPS i think both class are on par now.

RDM is sharing same spot with SMN

Yeah, can't wait to try out a double caster, 1 melee and 1 ranged physical group. SMN buffing magic damage with Contagion, NIN being the best melee to buff casters (I think) and BRD for the crit buff or MCH with Hypercharge (not sure which would net casters more damage). Eitherway, it sounds very tempting to try!

[Psycofang]

Average BLM parses 200-300 dps higher than RDM on all fights so your comment makes no sense.

2-300 is not enough to create a static time difference to account the loss of a safety net.