Either SMN and RDM should lose their Raise or BLM should get a Raise.

[KDSilver]

I know BLM isn't in a good spot but these suggestion become ridiculous...

[Dualgunner]

Alright. So take it away if it's not useful and give Red Mage a 100-200 damage bump.

Believe it or not, that's actually my position:

I disagree to a point: verraise should be off the dualcast so RDM can...ya know...be a DPS, instead of a rez dispenser.

[Kabooa]

Believe it or not, that's actually my position:

Oh I meant take it away completely. If you get to keep swiftcast raise, then you get to have 500 more dps.

[Dualgunner]

Oh I meant take it away completely. If you get to keep swiftcast raise, then you get to have 500 more dps.

I think you typoed perhaps, because you just suggested more dps for RDM for keeping swiftcast raise than you were when you were apparently supporting verraise's total removal.

In either case, I am in support of keeping swiftrez. "But then BLM needs a raise to--" If BLM gets rez, then we keep our dualraise and get damage buffs because they'll have access to bloody triple/quad rez for basically free.

[wereotter]

Black Mage doesn't need a raise to be viable. It needs to be able to contribute more to the party in the form of general utility. The reason Summoner is favored is because their utility skills aren't dependent on composition like Red Mage and they're generally more mobile than Black Mage allowing the group to not figure out mechanics around them.

We've seen that high damage alone isn't enough to make a job more viable, so perhaps they could learn from black mages in earlier games (Vivi is one I'm thinking of here in particular) and let black mages elementally charge the attacks of other party members for a benefit.

An example could be that a lightning infused weapon will increase the potency of DOTs by that player as well as have a chance to refresh the duration of the BLM lightning when an attack lands, or fire to increase weapon skill potencies.

[Kabooa]

I think you typoed perhaps, because you just suggested more dps for RDM for keeping swiftcast raise than you were when you were apparently supporting verraise's total removal.

In either case, I am in support of keeping swiftrez. "But then BLM needs a raise to--" If BLM gets rez, then we keep our dualraise and get damage buffs because they'll have access to bloody triple/quad rez for basically free.

(Because Summoners)

[Elkanah]

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Is this your very first Final Fantasy title? I'm generally curious, as that's the most illogical thing I can think of to the job itself. There's never been a Black Mage in the history of Final Fantasy since FF1, that's had raise. The job is NOT a necromancer. Otherwise, it would say NCR instead of BLM on it. It's a dpsing glass canon that focuses on DPS. Please tell me this is a troll post and a joke? Cause I'm laughing out of embarrassment if you're a BLM and requesting raise for it. I play both BLM and RDM endgame, and this has not been an issue. All it takes is a competent group. Blame the group, not the job. Hate the group, not the class.

[PrismaticDaybreak]

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Nah just check their post history. Total troll.

[Elkanah]

Nah just check their post history. Total troll.

Oh thank Twintania, I thought that was a actual thing they wanted lol. I was about to flip my seal as a blm and rdm main xD

[MagiusNecros]

Just give BLM a party wide offensive buff skill and done.

Could even be standing in the Ley Lines increases magic damage dealt by 8%(not stackable by other BLM) or something stupid like that. Or just flat damage increase. Only the caster gets the reduced cast times though.

See. Not hard.