Quote Originally Posted by Carighan View Post
Oh that's a good point, I mentally totally excluded Pictos thinking about that. Red Mage definitely casts more than Black Mage nowadays, who in turn is either about the same as Summoner. But I forgot Picto. Yeah you're right, they might spend both more total time casting and have more frequent interrupts in their movement for casting. Even with the hammer combo and Holy/Comet.
I believe with the flare changes the current distribution is

PCT (using no holy’s)>BLM>RDM>PCT (using holy every time you get it)>SMN

BLM was slightly ahead of PCT (who was about 15-20 seconds ahead of RDM in per 2 minute casts) before flare and the return of ice paradox but because of flares long cast time and ice paradox BLM has fallen behind

It’s still by far the caster that suffers the most from getting caught out without movement abilities (while it barely affects PCT at all)