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

[Llugen]

I'm quite done with being deliberately misunderstood in this thread, so bye felicia.

@Archwizard
This is all the more reason why a year and a half ago I was very adamant about NOT band-aid increasing the potency of Fire IV (which of course is exactly what they did) and instead making sensible changes that also benefit PPS (see also: my damn Firestarter suggestion... AGAIN). Thundercloud is a great opportunity for weaving in theory, so I would rather it not be off-GCD, but it would be nice if it just refreshed your current Astral/Umbral timer, allowing for you to drop Fire I for another Fire IV (see also: more potency without needing to band-aid increase the potency of the spell). Also, thank you for actually reading my words and making sense of them as intended while being constructive.

@Jandor
I'm pretty against a ground-targeted AOE dot on BLM for a few reasons: that is already the domain of ACN with shadowflare, it's another off-GCD to figure out how to weave in, there are always issues with tanks not realizing they need to keep mobs/the boss inside it, not to mention if it was ice aspected that would have complicated implications with Astral and its damage buff, and bind would continue to be useless as per SE's newfound anti-CC policy (furthermore, if it rapid-fire bound mobs, it would just cancel its own effect...). I might be on board with it if it gave you an Umbral Heart for every time it ticked on 3 enemies or more, which if well-timed could probably afford you an additional Flare.