When will BLM be buffed?

[Sapphic]

What can I say... Probably your Melee just don't know how to play THEIR class. And bard topping your parse means he never plays songs for your party which I am not sure if it is good.

Foe requim doesn't affect BRDs damage whatsoever. Only ballads do that, Mana and TP songs.

Just wondering upto what level do people think BLMs single target should be buffed? Take into account balance here. On par with SMN? Then for balance SMN AE dps needs to be buffed. Obviously I'm taking into consideration movement cutting down DPS. So should BLMs single target DPS be on par with SMN whilst avoiding mechanics? Which would put them past SMN if they can 100% turret.

If so. what would be the point of SMN then?

Or even higher, what about on par with MNK? If so, can MNK have the AE potential of BLM also? You know, so MNK stays as viable as BLM.

Expecting a major buff to BLMs single target. You bound to be disappoointed as balance and viability needs to be maintained. Expecting minor changes? A slight increase in ST potential, then I think your on track.

[Raenryong]

I think it needs less of a buff to raw DPS (though it is a bit RNG-based and such), and more of a boost to DPS consistency when motion is involved.

I also think it's a mistake for Foe Requiem to only boost magic damage, and think that there should be some kind of inbuilt boost (like Disembowel or Dragon Kick for instance) since balancing potential DPS output around a Bard being present and able to use that one specific song just seems problematic. I would rather Foe Requiem be retooled to boost all damage (by an amount <10%).

[Lunavi]

Yet easily #1for AOE. It's called a trade off but people these days want to be the best at everything.

Tell me more about how high AoE numbers matters on relevant content and not only lolspeedrunning w/overgeared characters.

T4 was great in that way in 2.0-2.1, but now there is litterally no reason to have a BLM in your static. Sadly.

[Shurrikhan]

Foe requim doesn't affect BRDs damage whatsoever. Only ballads do that, Mana and TP songs.

Just wondering upto what level do people think BLMs single target should be buffed? Take into account balance here. On par with SMN? Then for balance SMN AE dps needs to be buffed. Obviously I'm taking into consideration movement cutting down DPS. So should BLMs single target DPS be on par with SMN whilst avoiding mechanics? Which would put them past SMN if they can 100% turret.

Or even higher, what about on par with MNK? If so, can MNK have the AE potential of BLM also? You know, so MNK stays as viable as BLM.

SMN already outdoes BLM in turret situations if the BLM is at all unlucky with procs, and most people here seem to be asking to either reduce RNG elements or allow for planning / skill compensation of RNG elements in order to increase its mobile dps, which will still be beneath true turret dps, just hopefully not by nearly as much, while perhaps even making the job more interesting.

Also, to be honest, if Perfect Balance was a shorter CD and both its and Invigorate's CDs affected by Skill Speed, I think Monk would already have that covered.

[Shurrikhan]

I think it needs less of a buff to raw DPS (though it is a bit RNG-based and such), and more of a boost to DPS consistency when motion is involved.

I also think it's a mistake for Foe Requiem to only boost magic damage, and think that there should be some kind of inbuilt boost (like Disembowel or Dragon Kick for instance) since balancing potential DPS output around a Bard being present and able to use that one specific song just seems problematic. I would rather Foe Requiem be retooled to boost all damage (by an amount <10%).

I definitely would like to see Chaos Thrust, Dragonfire Dive, Howling Fist, Touch of Death, Spirits Within, Circle of Scorn, Sword Oath, Bloodletter, Venomous Bite, Windbite, and Flaming Arrow also be affected at least. It's not much, but at least then it seems a true 'magic damage' effect rather than just a 'caster boost'.

[Lunavi]

The only buff I see BLM needing is that Firestarter procs "stacks" so that if I get a Firestarter proc and then another after I have two shots of it. That would greatly help BLMs maintain DPS even in high movement battles. I think up to three would be good to not make it abuseable.

[NyneAlexander]

Firestarter stacks and make apo actually worth something.

[Velox]

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Remember though that there WILL be a level cap raise, and there WILL be more job skills added to the game. Given BRD already has a MP over time song, it's not unreasonable that we will see an HP over time song. And since we already have a -% Mdef song, it's not unreasonable to see a -% Def song too in the future.

The level cap is only 50 right now, and there's only so many job abilities you can fit. This doesn't mean jobs won't continue to grow next cap raise.

[Yumi_umi]

3rd coil requires super turret blms to burst down stuff, ppl stack blms and other dps feel left out.
Stuff happens and there will always be changes in which dps is the best and which could use a buff.
Imo just hang in there and wait for a buff for "everyone" in 2.3 or something.
Cuz everytime they fix/ add or remove something a section of the playerbase will loathe it.
Also if you knew blms were turret like dps why did you even choose to play it? You should have seen this coming tbh.
I may not play blm but all i know is tht ppl like trying to make their classes something they r not.
I like my "tank" whm cuz it's fun so i'm one of those ppl.

But either it'll be in 2.28 or the patch after.
Just prey they don't "mess up" the blm's tool kit.

[sackm]

they should just revert the scathe nerf or buff Thunder potency. 90% of BLMs I've seen put out terrible numbers because they don't use the tools available to them to maximize their uptime (Aetherial Manipulation + Manawall)