Dispensers of fiery explosions, light me up... with your ideas for BLM in 5.0

[Zerathor]

You're literally never going to beat a SMN's tDPS regardless in a BLM comp, simply because of how much contribution you feed it via the AF phase per rotation. Technically, siphoning a bit from the AF phase for increased flexibility and non-AF damage would reduce your dependence on them for composition optimization.

That said, an equally skilled BLM can already hold its own as a competitor for a single Caster slot. When the fight requires little downtime, they often exceed it in tDPS (since, without the BLM there, the SMN isn't taking a 10% rDPS bonus check from the BLM's every other AF phase).

*tDPS = pDPS plus rDPS given, minus rDPS received.

You don't need a smn unless you're trying to pad your personal damage. As it stands right now, with only one caster in a party, blm is now competitive for tDPS with smn. Barely. Being that smn still has a raise and full mobility, it shouldn't even be this close but that's whatever. The point is if blm total potential decreases just a little in favor of making the job easier for people that don't play it often, it'll just go back to being a sub par choice to a smn in every aspect.

We're actually seeing blm in some speed kill comps again. Let's not lose this. Lowering the dps potential of the job to make it less unforgiving and maybe more mobile will just make it a worse smn that can't raise people.