Ty SE for BLM changes!

[OliverQ]

Well no they played Pictomancer.

You still need to stay put but a lot of the cast times were reduced by 1 second... they're just making it less punishing because when it came to high-skill expression... people were rather to exclude a black mage than invite them.

That's not fair to the black mage players. You say if people wanted to play a caster... but people weren't playing Black Mage. There was a whole huge thread about it.

This is the part I don't understand. Like... is it reeeeaaally a big deal to make it a bit easier? I mean - it's not like what they did to Summoner now that you bring up Summoner.

Summoner had the most complex rotation in the game with three dots to keep up. Now it's a fischer price toy... it's like that scene from Hannibal where Lector made the FBI agent eat his own brain.
In comparison... this feels more like they were helping black mage players out. (A bit - just a bit)

Like the meme was always Black Mages don't move... I guess I never realized Black Mages REALLY don't want to move. It's like trying to get a cat to move off a thing you're working on and they start doing aggressive meows and hissing. D:

You have said you don't play black mage. You're also ignoring the removal of the astral fire/umbral timers. Longer cast times while maintaining astral fire is the core foundation of the job. With no timers, and very fast cast time, it's no different than a white mage spamming glare.

Some people want jobs with a bit of complexity. Not every job needs to be super easy.