Black Mage

[zuzu-bq]

All the issues described by the OP still remain. Amazing.

[Lina_Slayer]

But they might have just shifted the meta to triple melee anyway

Exactly what I was thinking, yesterday a triple melee group set a new OS1 record, meaning MNK is already very close to MCH, and now MCH is being nerfed (why??? what about freaking Ninja SE?) and MNK seems to be getting even more buffs than BLM, unless the potency buff to fire IV is massive we will struggle to even pass SAM damage wise let alone actually beat meta classes...

[HaroldSaxon]

and thank god AetherM and Proc tweaks for slight mobility help, like in prog

glad besides ofc the most important : potency (F4) buff

the 4.2 changes from SE didn't disappoint (unless the next fights contain a lot more rng / heavy movement xD...)

I have no idea what you are smoking but these changes are absolutely not enough unless the F4 potency buff is completely broken.

[Remedi]

TBF Knowing the problems of BLM and how they usually go with changes I was not expecting anything more than what we got, the only real way to get out of this dedlock is either a massive F4 increase or a dps cooldown that also gives raid dps which I find it unlikely to happen during a patch

edit: forgot about the redesign of shake it off which is a precedent, but ye they actually said they were going to redesign the skill and said nothing about us so really was no reason to expect a major overhaul

[Shiroe]

I have no idea what you are smoking but these changes are absolutely not enough unless the F4 potency buff is completely broken.

we got a flat potency buff on our main dps source + mobility (+ proc 6 sec = mobility & tick more dps as it is, less proc clipping) => potency buff + mobility = not disappointed

sure, being able to stock procs would have been better. and increasing B4 too besides F4 would have nice too., but overall still sounds good

never expected something like Ragging Strikes, even if cant aline with other buffs aswell as other classes...

edit: but do agree, the F4 potency increase has to be more than just a "slight" increase (especially since its the only flat increase)

[Makrar]

It really depends on the potency increase to Fire IV. Its just returning it back to 280 then its not enough. I think it needs to be 300 at the minimum really.

I'm expecting nothing else but 280. I hope I'm pleasantly surprised.

[Remedi]

Well could be worse, could be 270

[Shiroe]

280 should be enough (hopefully).., 300 sounds a bit OP, ..but the more the merrier

[Makrar]

It sadly isnt. A potency increase to 300 would roughly be a 8% dps increase overall.

[zuzu-bq]

So now that we got the mobility buffs you all called for. Once patch drops and we see F4 potency change might not be enough. Will we finally stop having to talk about the no-problem that was mobility? Thanks.

Thought 10s AM will be funny. The only fight I think this will make a difference is Ultimate anyways.