Why is BLM getting a buff?

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Q17: When are you planning to buff the black mage job?

A17: The adjustments will go live in patch 2.3. The general direction of the buff is “increasing DPS on a single target.” Please note that the adjustment will not be only for the black mage and we are currently looking into other jobs as well.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2133250

BLM should not have good single target damage. Its already far outshining all jobs in AoE damage. Thats what BLM is for... AoE.


You bring a BLM to up AoE damage, you bring MNK/DRG for single target, and you bring BRD and SMN for additional mechanics. (Such as mages ballad or having a pet for conflagrations in turn 5 etc etc.)

If you keep asking for these ridiculous buffs to each job, then we'll end up with every dps being exactly the same minus Animations and Cosmetics.

Is this basically what you guys want?

Edit:

Increase Thunder damage, shorten the cast timer on thunder, lower the damage done by Fire II and Flare.

/thread

People are going crazy in here talking like clearing turn 9 makes them a better person.

Pretty sure i have way more achievement points (meaning i've done a greater variety of challenging things than coil as well as some coil)than probably every person who's cleared turn 9, but i dont go around acting like i'm better than other people.. its a video game people..


As for the other side of the argument, yes content should be balanced with the jobs in mind instead of rebalancing the jobs every time new content comes out.