The Black Mage Rotations

[Dips]

well, i tested it too now, you are right its really the better rotation with ice II

>.<

[Shadowzanon]

well, i tested it too now, you are right its really the better rotation with ice II

>.<

Oh there are some risks involved since you do have to get in the middle of things to maximize its potential, however not having to even deal with targetting other mobs in fear your ice 3 will be interrupted due to a dead target makes things much easier. I also had my doubts on it, but after seeing how darn easy coils turn 4 was because of it and just how much time we bought due to it I gotta say im impressed this was not discovered sooner.

Before was fire 3, fire 2 fire 2 bleh then flare, ice 3, fire 3 fire 2... gawd that so bad right now just remembering XD. Prob the only issue, is having a tank that can deal with the aggro you pull out. If you are ever with a tank who cannot other methods have their chances to be used.

[PsychologyPhD]

Thanks for the aoe rotation I've been looking for something new. Now, I want to know if anyone else runs into the issues where casting f3 seems to lag and you are stuck in the casting motion longer then you are suppose to be, which causes you to miss the ui3 speed buff flare. Is this happening to anyone else, is there anyway to stop this from happening ? Also at times it seems like my transpose doesn't swap af3 with ui. Every now and then I've use transpose and I still have af3 stack ticking away.

[Shadowzanon]

Thanks for the aoe rotation

I have had rare issues with me tossing out flare, transpose n it seems the transpose didnt go through leaving me hanging there. Also i have had something similar to what you have expereinced, after i cast the 2nd ice 2, i wait a lil bit to make sure i get the fast cast fire 3, it fires off then my flare will either take its time, not fire at all, or i get a long cast bar and it fires half way through completely taking me off guard. XD This does not happen to me all the time but it does occasionally happen where it botches my rotation.

[PessimiStick]

Thanks for the aoe rotation I've been looking for something new. Now, I want to know if anyone else runs into the issues where casting f3 seems to lag and you are stuck in the casting motion longer then you are suppose to be, which causes you to miss the ui3 speed buff flare. Is this happening to anyone else, is there anyway to stop this from happening ? Also at times it seems like my transpose doesn't swap af3 with ui. Every now and then I've use transpose and I still have af3 stack ticking away.

F3 bug seems to be latency related to me, but I haven't been able to recreate it on purpose. It's very rare for me. Maybe once in 8-10 WP speedruns. The Transpose issue I think you can avoid by not spamming it. I've only had that happen once or twice ever, and it was when I was mashing Transpose. I think what happens is you mash it, Transpose goes off, then the Flare applies damage and resets you to AF3. And then you're boned.

[Shadowzanon]

The moment I have had that happen to me a few times i made sure not to spam transpose but wait for flare to go off to then use it. I would agree that the f3 problem is latency related as it does not occur often, kinda the same as my flare showing up as being slow casted only to go off way before the cast bar is done.

[PsychologyPhD]

I have had rare issues with me tossing out flare, transpose n it seems the transpose didnt go through leaving me hanging there. Also i have had something similar to what you have expereinced, after i cast the 2nd ice 2, i wait a lil bit to make sure i get the fast cast fire 3, it fires off then my flare will either take its time, not fire at all, or i get a long cast bar and it fires half way through completely taking me off guard. XD This does not happen to me all the time but it does occasionally happen where it botches my rotation.

F3 bug seems to be latency related to me, but I haven't been able to recreate it on purpose. It's very rare for me. Maybe once in 8-10 WP speedruns. The Transpose issue I think you can avoid by not spamming it. I've only had that happen once or twice ever, and it was when I was mashing Transpose. I think what happens is you mash it, Transpose goes off, then the Flare applies damage and resets you to AF3. And then you're boned.

The moment I have had that happen to me a few times i made sure not to spam transpose but wait for flare to go off to then use it. I would agree that the f3 problem is latency related as it does not occur often, kinda the same as my flare showing up as being slow casted only to go off way before the cast bar is done.

Ah okay, so it seems my underline problem is me spamming my abilities way too much. I notice this when my f3 casts at normal speed when I spam it while my final b2 is still casting for ui3 stack. I'll slow down my button mashing to see if that improves my results any. I would like to thank the both of you for your input!

[Shadowzanon]

The servers just cannot take black mages awesomeness. It tends to faint.

[Macho]

Ever since Sundays update I've noticed on my F3 to F1..if I cast at the wrong time the cast bar stops mid ways and resets and then I get a slow cast for Fire1. Anyone notice that? I have to specifically not hit my hotbar too early or too late now.

Edit: This is for taking advantage of the fast cast for UI to AF...