Quote Originally Posted by Raikai View Post
My issue is not the timers per se, but the fact that losing Enochian for whatever reason completely demolishes your dps on a skill floor level even. The threshold on how that would impact the lower end of dps spectrum shouldn't be as bad, especially on a job that only brings "firepower" to the equation. I'm all for the very high skill ceiling that optimized play might entail though.

Said that, I wonder what lies beyond for the future of BLM... Enochian should pose as a design wall the same way the old Greased Lightning did? How much can you expand the job with the Enochian the way it is?... Honestly one way or another I feel that given how XIV handles vertical progression, a redesign is due sooner or later.
This is frankly no longer a concern.

You always have Enochian because you always have your timer, and you have a bevy of tools to keep your timer. Greased Lightning was never at the level of comfort AF/UI has been, because even in baseline ARR you were only ever one GCD from maximum power.

Seeing as transforming abilities are being experimented more in FF14, I have little concern for black mage moving forward. The next logical step for them is a new transformative skill, likely on Thunder as it's now just a bit too static.