Need Suggestion

[Eidin205]

Heyy everyone!

I've always played healer and I wanted to give myself a chance to try something new. I want to try out a DPS caster job but I can't choose between BLM and SMN. I've done SCH before so I have an idea of how SMN might work but I've only ever played THM to 26 for swiftcast then stopped to get back to healing.

Basically the only thing keeping me from choosing one job over the other is the fact that I've always loved SMNs most in all FFs but I've also always loved massive shiny looking AoEs (which summons did in most other FFs). I know SMN has enkindle which can be shiny looking but the 5min cooldown and the fact that I've heard the dmg of it is mediocreish makes me feel like I should try BLM because they have more shiny AoE spells that can be used regularly. The only thing is, like I've said I've always loved SMNs in all FFs which makes me feel like I have an obligation to choose it but I don't want to just choose a job based on obligation.

Halpppp!!!!

[skaterger]

Do you like to press 3-4 buttons, have below average single target dps (especially in movement heavy fights), awesome aoe dps (4 targets or more), potential awesome burst damage and have good survivability cooldowns? Then go blm.

Do you like to have to micromanage your skills and pets, have awesome single target and very good aoe dps, decent burst and provide good utility to your raid? Then go smn.

Personally I'm switching from blm to smn and one good thing I can say is that both classes share many gear so you can kinda gear up both classes at the same time and make your choice from there.

[Deathscythe343]

Play what you want.

On another note, the darklight, CT, and coil gear sets for these 2 jobs are the exact same. So if you level and gear one, you will also have the gear for the other.