Complete 7.0 patchnotes

[Galvuu]

1. You're forced to use 6 fire 4's to get flare star, there were instances of early despair being useful.
2. You have to use ice spells during ice phase, where sometimes you would want to use a xenoglossy/thunder, get back to fire early, to finish off a boss where the three ice hearts aren't needed or if the boss is going up for a mech, so you cant target them.
3. Removes non-standard play. I don't mind this is gone personally, but others enjoyed nonstandard blm.
4. Thunder changes you can't apply two thunders easily to a double target situation.
5. No more Ice paradox for movement.

all these changes makes black mage more clunky and less flexible.

people are going to be upset about job changes and leave feedback, you may not understand it but I think i will listen to the black mage players why they didn't like the changes (or liked them) on this one.

There's also the fact that, going by the posted info in the job guide, Picto has the highest caster dps with a side of very good utility (offensive and defensive). You might want SMN for the rez, but it's likely either one or the other.
Years pass, and we keep coming back to caster balance disaster. 4.0, 4.4, 5.0, 5.2, 5.5, 6.0, 6.2... I'm really getting tired of them incrementally fixing the disaster that's the balance of this role to nuke it every few patches.

[CaedemSanguis]

There's also the fact that, going by the posted info in the job guide, Picto has the highest caster dps with a side of very good utility (offensive and defensive). You might want SMN for the rez, but it's likely either one or the other.
Years pass, and we keep coming back to caster balance disaster. 4.0, 4.4, 5.0, 5.2, 5.5, 6.0, 6.2... I'm really getting tired of them incrementally fixing the disaster that's the balance of this role to nuke it every few patches.

No picto will have less adps than BLM, and probably also less rDPS (as he have defensive tools)

[Supersnow845]

No picto will have less adps than BLM, and probably also less rDPS (as he have defensive tools)

Balance has done the maths on PCT’s potencies and it exceeds BLM before you consider starry muse raid buff and before you consider PCT is also better at putting stuff inside raid buffs

So PCT does like 3% more aDPS, like 10% more rDPS and has better utility

PCT either needs to be nerfed or BLM buffed

[CaedemSanguis]

Balance has done the maths on PCT’s potencies and it exceeds BLM before you consider starry muse raid buff and before you consider PCT is also better at putting stuff inside raid buffs

So PCT does like 3% more aDPS, like 10% more rDPS and has better utility

PCT either needs to be nerfed or BLM buffed

oh well, I guess I overestimated Square then