They are gutting Black Mage even more in 7.2

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Having a cast time longer than the global GCD for the same ability is, as far as I'm aware, an issue unique to Black Mage. It makes the job feel unresponsive and unpleasant to play, and runs in direct opposition to the standard set with every other combat job in the game. Black Mage NOT being a weave-heavy job makes it different in a way I genuinely appreciate, and should absolutely be the job's core gameplay identity. Fire IV feels satisfying to land, until you realise you clipped the GCD through no fault of your own.

That's what makes instant casts on black mage meaningful since swift and triple are best used on F4 or other long casts.

Without cast times being longer than the GCD the decision space for when to use swift and triple collapse into one singular dimension - to use it for uptime. This gutted an entire dimension of complexity and thinking. And when there is only one dimension there is also zero trade off.