Please do not touch the BLM! Stop jobs simplifying!

[Carighan]

I'll be honest, I don't think Black Mage is "okay" in any shape or form.

As such, while I feel the changes are negative, they cannot really do any damage. The job is in shambles, and has been since Shadowbringers at least. I would vote for ripping the job out entirely and going all the way back to the drawing board, keeping nothing but the motif of "Fire, Ice and Lightning". Scrap all current abilities. And the idea. Just re-do it from the start, "Big badaboom caster", no further limitations.

[Nivexus]

The job is in shambles, and has been since Shadowbringers at least. I would vote for ripping the job out entirely and going all the way back to the drawing board, keeping nothing but the motif of "Fire, Ice and Lightning". Scrap all current abilities. And the idea. Just re-do it from the start, "Big badaboom caster", no further limitations.

Although you view these changes in a similar negative light, I do not understand why you think the job has been "in shambles" since Shadowbringers. BLM mains agree that Blackmage was absolutely in its best iterations in both Shadowbringers and Endwalker: a plethora of optional optimisation lines which only slightly outperformed the standard rotation, and high reward for playing the class in a proactive manner given the limited movement tools.

Could you please help me understand why you feel the class wasn't in a good position? I fail to see why the dev team thinks implementing any of this could be a good idea, even in the long run.

[Leika]

Although you view these changes in a similar negative light, I do not understand why you think the job has been "in shambles" since Shadowbringers. BLM mains agree that Blackmage was absolutely in its best iterations in both Shadowbringers and Endwalker: a plethora of optional optimisation lines which only slightly outperformed the standard rotation, and high reward for playing the class in a proactive manner given the limited movement tools.

Could you please help me understand why you feel the class wasn't in a good position? I fail to see why the dev team thinks implementing any of this could be a good idea, even in the long run.

I totally agree, 6.5 BLM was peak and so much fun!