Quote Originally Posted by Taranok View Post

Just like Monk lost greased lightning, but gained masterful blitz, Black Mage needs to lose timers and gain an actual structure with a core class gimmick that isn't something that other classes should also enjoy.

Timers are a mechanic that date all the way back to 2.0, and it's time they were thrown out and replaced, with the class brought up to the same standard as other jobs.
Do you honestly believe SE is capable of that?

By the by, old and bad are not synonyms in the same way new does not mean good.