Black Mage

[Altera]

I have gotten quite a few comments from BLMs on a youtube video talking about what META means, and seems alot of them have encountered being talked down to or tried to get them to leave etc.
When I tried joining a Shinryu PF where there was open to all classes, but when I joined as BLM, it took a short while before I was removed, and the PF had changed to only include SMN or RDM. That pissed me off

This is some of the comments I have received on the youtube video I commented on:
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As a SMN i seen some of the hate for BLM even in small dungeons it wasn't really hate it was more like the Tank and Healer were both telling the BLM "your doing the wrong rotation" i didn't think it was this bad tho after every combo they would correct him it was a bit frustrating i felt bad for him.. maybe they were just trying to help but it felt they didnt want him there i tried to lighten up the mood "just play SMN man no one knows that job" they laughed then just tried to complete the final boss.. i guess SMN and BLM are in the same boat when it comes to "being wanted in progression content" i honestly dont know i just do dungeons because i dont think its worth the hassle.. i played RDM a bit and could see why people would prefer that over 2 other difficult Jobs to learn.. i'm used to playing Summoner and i like to help out the healers i also like that high damage
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Im play FFIV 3 YEARS and for first time feel sad because i feel same im main BLM love it dont care .... and suck you enter pf booom out you are blm or even 4man content that real blow my mind real is for real comments go learn your job change class serious tha comments last times ears... im thinking IM not bad im doing my thing or did something wrong . should not ...OR BECAUSE WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FUCKING META DO THAT AND THAT BE ON THAT DEMAGE DONT DIE BLM DONT DIE we die we die just whant have FUNN and love my job BLACK MAGE and go continue do my thing .....
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BLM main here. Completely agree. I suck at RDM. I am able to play BLM further and better than RDM by any degree. What most people dont realize is that for BLM not only do we have to learn our job, but we have to learn the tanks and healers jobs to a degree to avoid them. It was one of the best feelings of proving everyone wrong that a BLM can and does clear o4s. I know a scholar that would never bring a BLM because they have "no utility". Right now BLM feels so unwanted because SMN does more at the high end tier and has aetherpact utility.
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As a BLM main I can really understand what you say... when slots open for casters is either rdm only or rdm prefered... I do have to say I've seen more BLMs now that at the beginning of the expansion or at the beginning of savage content, but still very few :/
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I have played BLM since 1.0, and I’m noticing people in PF excluding BLMs entirely. And it seems many blackmages feel excluded as well as even when playing the class to its fullest, our damage isn’t any higher than other more utility heavy classes. So yeah why bring a BLM who has zero raid utility or buffs for party when any other classes can do same or better damage.
It has to be a reason why I also ever see another fellow blackmage in the server I’m on and in any roulette/PF.

Just last night I joined a group for Omega4S TRAINING group and they removed me from the party shortly after I joined.

I do love my BLM, but this makes me remember my Unholy DK in patch 3.1.4 in WOW when blizzard made Unholy universally unwanted for any semi serious raid group and I was forced to play another class, but I didn’t like any other classes, so I simply stepped down from raiding and was even removed from the guild. It took blizzard 3-5 months before making changes that made Unholy worthy again.

I do NOT want to experience that again as it will probably put me off playing XIV for good if I get excluded from content due to the worthy ness of a class is undesirable. As I know as well many groups dislikes BLMS as they feel they have to work around the need for BLMS to stand still as much as possible to be able to maintain their damage and they don’t like taking care of our “special” needs.

But in the end, it’s the players themselves that causes these things to happen as their combined selfishness of fast progression means they seem to gang up on the ones who is the biggest slowdown of said progression.

The synergy that melee and ranged physical dps shares also seems to make magical damage dealers less desired unless bring a RDM for the raise ability.

I am going to give it until the next big patch and see if they make any changes to blms that makes people look at them as equals.
It really sucks having played XIV since patch 1.15b and this is the first time ever I feel my favorite class is being looked down upon 
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I really dont like seeing this as it seems more and more people write about this happening in game. Something HAS to be done about this and soon or I fear a mass exodus of BLMs quitting their jobs, or the game entirely as their favorite class makes them feel unwanted