Why is BLM getting a buff?

[Raenryong]

BLM can help groups plow through trash very quickly. That's an advantage for having a BLM in the party. They're dmg is lower vs bosses (I guess because they have to move from AoEs instead of timing their spells right) which puts them at a disadvantage. I dunno, seems balanced to me. You can take a MNK instead of a BLM. MNKs might make the party move slower through trash because there are no AoEs, but they make up for that disadvantage at the bosses because that's where they shine. No job should shine at EVERY POSSIBLE situation.

BLM speeds the party through trash, but has slower boss kills.
Single target jobs suffer from slow trash kills but wreck bosses.

What's not balanced?

MNK has AoE, average MNK is just not good enough to use it properly.

Trash is irrelevant. Boss performance is what is important and what should be balanced around, and BLM currently suffers from performance issues in a lot of top-end fights.

[Lucke]

MNK has AoE, average MNK is just not good enough to use it properly.

Trash is irrelevant. Boss performance is what is important and what should be balanced around, and BLM currently suffers from performance issues in a lot of top-end fights.

MNK has one ability. If you give a BLM and MNK each a group of 5 identical mobs, BLM will kill his/her group WAAAAAAAY before MNK is even close to killing his/her group. MNK mayy have one AoE ability, put BLM AoEs totally wipe the floor with MNK. Most people don't think "Gee, better get a MNK for their AoEs!"

Trash is irrelevant you say? That's strange, there are a bunch of threads about speedrunning. Speedrunning is a thing because BLM (and DRG to a lesser extent) kill a bazillion mobs at a time. If trash is irrelevant like you say, there would be no speedrun threads.

[Raenryong]

MNK has one ability. If you give a BLM and MNK each a group of 5 identical mobs, BLM will kill his/her group WAAAAAAAY before MNK is even close to killing his/her group. MNK mayy have one AoE ability, put BLM AoEs totally wipe the floor with MNK. Most people don't think "Gee, better get a MNK for their AoEs!"

Trash is irrelevant you say? That's strange, there are a bunch of threads about speedrunning. Speedrunning is a thing because BLM (and DRG to a lesser extent) kill a bazillion mobs at a time. If trash is irrelevant like you say, there would be no speedrun threads.

Three abilities. And yeah, BLM is a lot better at AoE, but MNK is serviceable. Trash is irrelevant to balance, because you shouldn't balance a game around burning a hard mode dungeon.

@Kittitacho: what DPS do you typically pull on Titan EX (no Echo) in a successful run, and on Twintania (no Echo)?