Should Casters Prioritize Auto Attacks?

[Allyrion]

Are you clueless?



Ruin 2+AA: 104(!) dps (23~ ruin, 18~ AA)(instant)

You do realize how much damage this is right? That even with full cast casting your dots and shadow flare in there(no quickcast on any) that this would still give you 1080 damage over the course of just 1 minute. That is the equivalent of around 4-6 ruins or 10-15 seconds, and that is just if its only one person doing it. I don't know what you're thinking but most of the mini enrage timers are at least a min and there are tons of times where 1000 extra damage would have made or broke the fight.

Um, did you really just ignore that I was specifically talking about Black Mage or do you not know what BLM means (you know, the thing I was talking about in that quote)?
Maybe you skimmed my post and missed my opening lines

As a SMN it makes sense. They have good mobility and enough instant attacks to allow for more auto attacks.

A BLM should only do it if they're already in melee because of a fight mechanic. Any movement is a dps loss and you cannot control your procs unless you hold it which is even more of a dps loss.
BLM str is also very low. My SMN is slightly lesser gear has 179 strength compared to my BLM's 88.

Saying that it's fine for SMN is how I even started that post. And, you're arguing about how viable it is for a SMN for which I already agreed to?

I don't know what you're thinking but most of the mini enrage timers are at least a min.

Maybe a few more second to tread the post you're replying to and you'll see my thinking.
Then get back when you want to talk about blm mechanics.