Quote Originally Posted by Keichi View Post
In my view is it a great upgrade. Because, it fixed the biggest 2 problems of the blm (has heared many times, that some dislike him, because he is so slow and, the timer can easily be forgotten, esspecialy by non main blm).
The only complain i have is: That spellspeed becomes meaningless (at last does it feels that way).

BLM is the only class, that could use Speed effectivly. But, because the casting time is now so fast, has it the feeling, that it has barely any meaning now (have currently a ct of 1,84s, that doesnt look so much differently to 2s). Mean, that whe would equip or stuff with crit mats to now. Like every other caster.
I couldn't disagree more. People that disliked the slow casts and the Fire/Ice timer could play literally any other job, but now BLM has lost a lot of what made it unique. It's like saying that having to stay within 3y of the boss is the biggest problem with melees and that it would be much better to fix them by giving all of their skills a 25y range.

As far as Spell Speed goes, it's actually closer to crit now than it's ever been, since Flare Star got an obscene buff and high speed means you get to cast it more often.