Quote Originally Posted by Kinseykinz View Post
Okay first: BIS=Best In Slot

Convert, so it isn't that hard to make a macro'd tell and/or create a convert macro that includes a tell: Black Mage Convert Now. or something of the sort. Just keeps white mages in the know and keeps tanks from thinking they lost hate/blm got aggro.

I'm sorry but other than maybe Burst, if you think your BLM is weak, you are either doing it wrong or expecting WAY too much from the class. 2-3 BLM's in a party with access to Sleepga and Flare are a deadly force.

Sleep/Sleepga- while you can't do it forever as mobs resist quick, you can use sleep in some instances to 'stun' mobs. It's situational but very helpful at times.

Bosses shouldn't be able to be 3-shotted. Also, just a suggestion, maybe DON'T wear your blm -hp reducing gear on Ifrit. The BLM gear isn't usually too shabby, but the -HP stat on the BLM artifact doesn't help during primal astral flows. Crafted gear is probably better for most of the Primals. Although, once again, a good party setup/good positioning should solve this problem.

Also, you can eat food/use potions....maybe if you still have trouble surviving hellfire, use a +def/hp food and/or use a similar potion right before hellfire happens.

Lastly, BLM is a powerhouse, but comparing it to old thm is very unfair. The game battle system and mechanics have changed way too much. Not to mention how broken both mage classes use to be.
I know what abilities do what, I know how to use them, when to use them.

Mostly the examples people use are with 2-3 black mages, I am talking when there is only one in the party which is myself, and everyone else is melee. Cutter's Cry, Aurum Vale, Darkhold, and Af quests, etc. I have not used flare and will most likely never use it.

Hellfire, must have been some bad luck or something with Sanguine rights, but whatever.

I look at White mage and think how greatly it outshines Cjn so easily, and think wow this is awesome. Chainspell alone makes it worth being white mage over conjurer. Esuna/Regen paired with Sacred Prism is amazing. Holy is great to use as a finisher, Benediction, haven't used it yet, heard it's range is bad but you know what oh well.

It's what every job should be to classes. There are hardly negatives I see to it.

But not stating again why I dislike black mage again, read the original post.