Quote Originally Posted by Lunafreya View Post
Anyone know the optimal blm set up this patch? Is it direct hit over crit or crit over direct hit? Any bis?

Actually, as far as I can tell, the priority for Black Mage is Crit>Spell Speed>Direct Hit>Determination.

Most classes want Direct Hit to grant them a pretty solid and reliable extra boost of damage, but Black Mage already has the damage necessary, through sheer potency and ability to spam said potency. What they want is Crit, because not only does it raise the chances of getting a crit (which when paired with a Scholar, Dragoon, Bard and/or an Astrologian with Spear, gets kinda ridiculous) but it also increases the power of the crit. This is also part of the reason why Samurai wants it as well.

Also, due to Black Mage having slower casts than Summoner and Red Mage... and also having a much higher reliance on Thunder, whether as a DoT, or its power as a burst.

http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/13JKR is the set I was suggested for Black Mage*, to maximize its damage and therefore your contribution (since BLM is a pure DPS). To summarize its stats,

Direct Hit: 1239. Crit: 1758. Determination: 785. Spell Speed: 1687*

*Note: This was made before the existence of the Ultimate Bahamut Weapons, but the rule is to put an extra SpS on it. Because you want your Fire IVs to not exceed 2.6s. Any slower it becomes more and more difficult to cast more than your allotted 3x per Fire cast, and may make the 4+4 Fire IV opener impossible.