BLM Silence?

[Kyoreore]

Along with the nerfs we got i thought SE said they were going to give black mages "something more to do on boss fights" and i took this to mean they were spreading the silence role so you didnt need to stack bards. We didnt get anything new, just nerfs

I actually do remember that. But you know everyone will always ask for a source. Another thing to throw out there just for vanity reasons I suppose:
Motions and effects have been changed for the following:
Player Actions
Overpower / Holmgang / Shadow Flare / Jump / Spineshatter Dive / Dragonfire Dive / Flash / Holy

So I understand Holmgang since the effect is different now and pulls enemies towards the caster, and drg since animation times are shortened. But the other abilities seem to have a new animation just for vanity, if that\\'s the case why can\\'t we have a better animation for Freeze ? It was quite nice looking in XI and even in 1.0, 2.0 it looks pretty weak and underwhelming.

[Ferth]

Frankly, if they made lethargy actually useful I'd not care about any of the other changes. I will miss my flare spamming, but c'est la vie.

More than anything I am just annoyed that the devs gave classes traits and abilities that essentially have no use in endgame activities. It smacks of laziness. "We can't balance for blind or slow, so everything at end game will just be immune to it!"

[Spops]

BLM is more about the DPS, but I would like to see more things added for them.

[Seobit]

Less necessary doesn't mean unnecessary. Not every group runs a SMN. In fact most groups DON'T run a SMN. And some fights have multiple targets you fight against, allowing for more applications of virus.

Once more kind sir, when I made my statement, I made it based on having a smn and sch in group.

So the utility of an entire class is based solely on your own personal raid setup?

[NeoAmon]

Less necessary doesn't mean unnecessary. Not every group runs a SMN. In fact most groups DON'T run a SMN. And some fights have multiple targets you fight against, allowing for more applications of virus.

Once more kind sir, when I made my statement, I made it based on having a smn and sch in group.