My review of Black Mage

[Actus]

This review sucks. Your gear sucks. Your rotation sucks. Not a surprise that your experience with BLM sucks.

My BLM is top DPS on many fights except a few

[Mychael]

This review sucks. Your gear sucks. Your rotation sucks. Not a surprise that your experience with BLM sucks.

My BLM is top DPS on many fights except a few

Fair enough. But was your THM the top dps before?

And of the new abilities, how many do you use to max out your DPS? Just freeze and convert? Does Burst really do anything for your DPS? Just some questions~

[Jinrya-Geki]

This review sucks. Your gear sucks. Your rotation sucks. Not a surprise that your experience with BLM sucks.

My BLM is top DPS on many fights except a few

Rotation?

Fantastic to know that you are top dps, but how different is it from your thm? Is there a difference between you thm damage and your Blm damage?

[Reaujien]

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...

[Shyd]

Stacks the int! Blow stuffffffss UP!!!!

[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).

[Jinrya-Geki]

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...

I liked that video, I liked how with apparently my shitty gear I did the same damage.

[tachi]

blm is superior in a pure dps role from the use of convert and the access to freeze. Also flare is OP'd!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gather up a hoard of mobs, sleepga > time flare from 3-4 blm's => good bye mobs. THM does not do well in timed attacks because fire > fireaga just plain takes too long to cast and flare is stronger then the fire/fireaga combo combined.

Also the hate ceiling goes up even further with access to freeze.

THM's best trait is being able to sacred prism > sanguin rite this is really the one thing I have a very hard time giving up on BLM.

EDIT: The new gear that you chose not to include: coral rings/rubelite choker/zircon bracelet, and your weapon choice is absolute trash... you probably loose 5% DPS from not going with a lightning brand alone (preferably with INT~ACC materia on it).

[tachi]

Wearing complete BLM AF is an ok choice if you are not a main job BLM, but really if your join job is blm and you can't be bothered to get some BIS pieces then your just being lazy. Outside of the body I don't wear any of the blm AF.

[Jinrya-Geki]

BIS pieces?