I'm not here to complain about nerfs. All the nerfs for BLM I saw coming (except Blizz II, but I only use that for FATE's and the nerf was probably for FATE's since every magic class will have it for tagging while every else has Flash) so I'm not surprised.

What I want to discuss, however, is the whole Umbral Fire/Ice changes. I know a lot of BLM used the Blizz III -> Wait for tic -> Flare -> Flare since you'd have another tic of mana just before Umbral Fire was activated. I personally used the Blizz III -> Fire III -> Flare due to the sped up Flare. There was a bunch of others which included Swiftcast, Convert, Transpose...

With the changes making it so you won't be able to cast 2 fire spells under Umbral Ice, do you think Flare rotations will be useless? Obviously testing will have to be done, I just want to discuss theory.

I, for one, expect Fire II to be a lot more useful, now. My particular Flare rotation will take too long to keep up with Fire II rotation, I'm guessing.