QoL for BLM: Astral Fire/Umbral Ice w/ 0 dmg

[Gokuhan]

Transpose does not work if you have say 1 second left , it lands, immune > transpose has no effect

Which is basically what it boils down to. I can fit in 3 fire 4s before I need to get in a fire (or bliz 3 when MP is out), but if halfway through that fire or blizz 3 the mobs goes invuln, there isn't any wiggle room to pop that transpose.

[Zfz]

Remove the CD entirely in my opinion.

I still have nightmares of the times when I thought my Crusader Stance keypress didn't register and pressed it again, only to gimp my healing...I'd prefer to have at least a GCD's worth of cooldown time.

[Waliel]

I'll never understand why SE thought it was a "fantastic idea" to make it so that the Invincibility buff some mobs get completely removes Astral/Umbral if Fire/Blizzard so much as touches it (I think casting Blizzard IV on Invincibility even removed Enochian back in HW... but that could have been a nightmare).

I think it has to do with almost everything being on hit instead of on cast, and when the boss is immune, you technically never hit it. Back when we still had hit rates, you could cast your B3, which removed your AF on cast point, miss, and never get UI3 because you missed.

[Nestama]

I feel even just casting Fire and Blizzard on mobs with the Invincibility buff would remove Astral/Umbral, too... sadly I don't have any proof of that.

[Snow_Princess]

I feel even just casting Fire and Blizzard on mobs with the Invincibility buff would remove Astral/Umbral, too... sadly I don't have any proof of that.

That is how it was in HW, they changed that at least, same with missing.

[Sylvina]

Add 400 ping to that and you have about 0.6s to decide to use Transpose or not after your spell does 0 dmg and gives you no stacks.

Yeaah this is why BLM is poison to me. that 1 second window to transpose kills any chance of keeping enochian in hectic combat.

[dinnertime]

A bit off-topic but I don't see why Enochian should even exist as an ability now that its timer is linked to Astral Fire/Umbral Ice.
Okay, they want a bit of punishment when people mess it up but I dunno. They can put Enochian's effect into Astral Fire/Umbral Ice as a trait and it'll be the same to me.

[Sylvina]

A bit off-topic but I don't see why Enochian should even exist as an ability now that its timer is linked to Astral Fire/Umbral Ice.
Okay, they want a bit of punishment when people mess it up but I dunno. They can put Enochian's effect into Astral Fire/Umbral Ice as a trait and it'll be the same to me.

Yes please do this SE.

[Hasrat]

Idk, personally, I think it's slightly a good thing having stacks fall off if you're not doing damage. Something to force players to pay attention, rather than auto-turret and eventually realize "Hey, I cast B3 but my MP hasn't recovered. Oh shit, I haven't been doing damage this whole time."

[Zfz]

I honestly think Enochian should be removed. Build something around the use of Ley Lines. Make it the staple spell for the post-50 BLM. Maybe a "Dimension Fissure" that puts down a mark and the BLM can teleport between the fissure and his ley lines with a 20 second cooldown or something. Then it will be fine to make Ley Lines a 3.5 second cast and 15-20 second cooldown, becoming the BLM "stance" mechanic, instead of just a boring (but shiny, I like shiny) dps boost. Maybe even allow Firestarter to "jumpstart" a Ley Lines, making it instant cast.