My review of Black Mage

[Mychael]

As you can see from this video (@ ~20:00 into it), BLM definitely sucks compared to THM... I mean, good god, a THM could have destroyed that thing faster without running out of MP...


... oh wait that's right - the BLM had to convert in order to keep up his nuking... and THM nukes cost the same as BLM nukes...


CLEARLY the better choice would have been THM...


Yeah... riiiiight...

My biggest complaint isn't that BLM is better or worse than THM as a DD, but that there is only one defining skill--the level 30 one, convert. And on top of that, you can do just about anything in-game without Convert/Freeze and some parties do (many, so far, have) preferred the backup heal/raise to me being able to do more DD. BLM isn't "better for parties" at all. It's geared toward all-out DD without recovery, as opposed to THM which can use cross-classes to increase survivability and reduce the stress on other party members (at the cost of DD, which most parties would willingly sacrifice).