why does enochian exist for black mage

[vVAstrAVv]

How can anyone think blm flows perfectly with enochion forcing you to ignore thunderhead almost always and reducing firestarter to "that sharpcast opener cus swiftcast is on cd"
Cus youll sure never get firestarter anymore with your one fire cast per rotation

I love the idea of blm
But its own mrchanics are stepping on other mechanics and swift and tricast aren't enough to help you in most fights unless you know exactly where to stand and when
Even aether manip which should help you move less is so clunky ive seen it used more outside of combat

A hard job is fine
But blm isnt hard in a fun way i think. Its hard cus its wrestling with the whole rest of the game. Somewhere under a pile of ignored timers and timers demanding them to ignore everything else. Even the very critical game mechanic of moving out of attacks...in a world where even summoners can dance around them for a 3rd of every minute

[Lubu_Mykono]

Enochian is a reference to an old occult language this is tied to angels in heaven. It's like Pazuzu is the demon from the Exorcist. Localisation loves their references.

[Kabooa]

How can anyone think blm flows perfectly with enochion forcing you to ignore thunderhead

It doesn't. Having a small priority system in a mostly set rotation doesn't somehow interrupt the flow at all.

You know what did interrupt flow? Spamming Fire 1, and having to deal with Firestarter proccing. You either complete Fire 1 and then F3, risking an overwriting Firestarter, or stop Fire1 and Fire3. Both of these situations suck.

If you're having issues with Enochian and procs, then you build spellspeed. You can get up to around 12% naturally as it is now, and will be able to easily fit thundercloud in just about anywhere without risking a drop.

[vVAstrAVv]

Id love to build spell speed. Axcept all the caster gear is shared and i play smn too. Which ss is freaking useless for
And i dont need to bring up rdm lol

[Kabooa]

Who cares, build it anyways. You're allowed to have different sets for different jobs.

[Kurando]

Id love to build spell speed. Axcept all the caster gear is shared and i play smn too. Which ss is freaking useless for
And i dont need to bring up rdm lol

Well it's not completely useless for SMN as it effects DOTs, so more SpS means more ticks while they are active. Of course you would need a high amount of SpS to make it worth it, but it's not useless. Unless you intend to play optimally at all times, then there is nothing wrong with experimenting.

[vVAstrAVv]

@kabooa
You cant have multiple dungeon or raid peices
So the only option is blowing money on 350 sets or scripts on multiple 370s
Both are stupid ideas for what are alts in the first place

Didnt know sps effected tics though so thats neat actually

[Kabooa]

@kabooa
You cant have multiple dungeon or raid peices
So the only option is blowing money on 350 sets or scripts on multiple 370s
Both are stupid ideas for what are alts in the first place

Didnt know sps effected tics though so thats neat actually

'All caster gear is shared'

'I can't build spellspeed because I'm a summoner'

These two statements are not mutually inclusive. There being spellspeed pieces doesn't mean your summoner has to use them. There are separate pieces to build for both of them.

[Mansion]

Hmm correct me if I'm wrong, but SpS affects the value of DoTs, not the ticks (it's one tick every 3seconds for all "over time" effects no?). So building SpS means that your DoTs will hit harder (by a small percentage). But Det and Crit will have the same effect on your DoTs, and all other spells.
I think BLM would be built around those stats too if it did not rely so heavily on "fitting as many Fire IV as you can", which only happens at a certain stat in SpS.

[Legion88]

Well it's not completely useless for SMN as it effects DOTs, so more SpS means more ticks while they are active. Of course you would need a high amount of SpS to make it worth it, but it's not useless. Unless you intend to play optimally at all times, then there is nothing wrong with experimenting.

SpS only effects the strength of your DoTs, even less then Det.
The DoT-Ticks are always all 3 seconds dependent on the server.

As an example a 15 sec DoT has always 5 ticks.
Thats also the reason why all DoTs have a duration of the multiple of 3.
Same goes for HoTs.