Please reconsider 7.0 BLM changes

[HikariKurosawa]

It's quite ironic reading this when in another post (Positionals vs Damage over Time) you flat out say you don't use positionals because I quote : I play video games to have fun, I don't find positionals fun or rewarding in any way. Why would I do something I don't find enjoyable for a miniscule gain of 1.9% potency? I will do me, and you can do you. Some people are less submissive than others.

???? Hitting positionals doesn't change how the job is played. It adds a minute amount of potency for busywork that is often impossible because of how the bosses are positioned.

They could never force positionals because they would have to dumb down encounter design by an insane amount in order to make that realistic. I can play the job as intended and ignore positionals entirely.

Who is actually trolling here? Positionals hold the game back, but also, why are you even talking about that in a black mage thread? It's the weirdest whataboutism I've read in a while.

[Sunako]

Am I crazy if I say I actually like 7.0 BLM changes? I personally did not play much the game during 6.0, but I plan to return 7.0

1. I personally don't like RNG skills like thunder procs and firestarter procs and sharpcast could not fully eliminate all of them. I like the fact paradox bring guaranteed firestarter proc and thunder is always available.

2. I am pretty excited about 3 stacks of polygot. It bring you a lot more flexability. There is so many different ways to use your polygot stacks. More mobility, more opportunity to weave, more opportunity to hold or push your globals before downtime, more burst during buff window

3. There is way more opportunities for dual target situations.
- High thunder 2 overall potency is 840 against two targets, Thunder 4 is 580 even with proc which makes it weaker than thunder 3 in comparison.
- Flare does not require enhanced version of it anymore to do full damage which mean you will do 240 x 1,8 x 1,6 = 691,2 potency against dual target. Without enhanced flare it was 220 x 1,8 x 1,6 = 633,6 potency
- Flare star(new skill) against dual target is 350 x 1,8 x 1,4 = 882 potency slightly stronger than xenoglossy

[Eorzean_username]

Your words are brimming with wisdom, friend... that's what I get for posting this late at night, my judgment is faltering due to exhaustion -.-

You're basically being confronted with a Gish Gallop.

Don't feel guilty for shutting it down objectively / factually, and in a way that avoids getting drawn-into personal entanglements.

The alternative, in these sorts of cases, is allowing the silent audience who's following-along to potentially begin trusting or believing the endless firehose of inaccuracies, and then a viral contagion of misinformation can start spreading.

It's a waste of your time personally, yes, but you can consider it a "public service".

[Ramiee]

It's quite ironic reading this when in another post (Positionals vs Damage over Time) you flat out say you don't use positionals because I quote : I play video games to have fun, I don't find positionals fun or rewarding in any way. Why would I do something I don't find enjoyable for a miniscule gain of 1.9% potency? I will do me, and you can do you. Some people are less submissive than others.

This is how you tell they are a troll. They don't mind missing out of 1.9% damage on Samurai but think missing out on 2% damage on BLM is sandbagging. Also saw them claim they'll prove someone wrong by becoming better than them but won't do the bare minimum like positionals lmfao.
Bait used to be believable.

[HikariKurosawa]

This is how you tell they are a troll. They don't mind missing out of 1.9% damage on Samurai but think missing out on 2% damage on BLM is sandbagging. Also saw them claim they'll prove someone wrong by becoming better than them but won't do the bare minimum like positionals lmfao.
Bait used to be believable.

No? I just don't agree with positionals in mmo combat. I do my dragoon rotation properly, I just don't care so much about positionals. Your argument doesn't really hold up. It would be different if I was doing my dragoon rotation incorrect and playing it in a way that felt satisfying while also avoiding positionals, but I am doing my rotation as intended correctly and adhering to that. To avoid non-standard BLM is to do a suboptimal rotation. Comparing positional optimizations with rotational optimizations is literally apples to oranges.

Gish galloping too? When did I ever barrage with information? I think you people should take a good hard look in the mirror. At the end of the day though, non-standard is gone and none of you will listen to reason or adjust to change. Just play pictomancer and continue to cry. If anyone is gish galloping in this thread, it's all the non-standard enjoyers. Look at the walls of text you're all posting. Get a grip on reality.

[Ramiee]

Xaela Yap

Further Xaela Yap

[HikariKurosawa]

Take the L kiddo.

[MitsukiKimura]

Imagine taking it so personally when someone says "skill issue" after you explicitly state that you have a skill issue. The frailty of the ego is laughable.

"So, if another fight like TOP rolls around, you're just gonna feel awful. The versatility you had to tackle that type of mechanical movement is gone. So now you just get to feel bad. Can you clear? With enough effort and attempts, anything is possible. I'll just hate myself through the journey "

This is literally a skill issue.

I'm not attacking you, I'm not insulting you, I'm just saying, get good.

Out of all the people I've seen write on these forums you are the first person I can say without a doubt that needs to apply their own *Get Good* advice to your own self. Work on your rotation, use your cooldowns and don't preach like you know whats best for the class.

[HikariKurosawa]

Out of all the people I've seen write on these forums you are the first person I can say without a doubt that needs to apply their own *Get Good* advice to your own self. Work on your rotation, use your cooldowns and don't preach like you know whats best for the class.

Irrelevant. Everything I said in that post was true. Why would I be good at black mage or even anything in this game? Why does that matter in this context? Focus on the subject at hand and not random duty finder parses.

[Doublejho]

Irrelevant. Everything I said in that post was true. Why would I be good at black mage or even anything in this game? Why does that matter in this context? Focus on the subject at hand and not random duty finder parses.

if you're not able to play it then don't offer critique on its playstyle lol, it's that simple - granted, you're doing this to wind people up, in which case just don't say anything ever