Why is BLM getting a buff?

[Hiruke]

Like someone said before, the new coil is not well adapted to BLM, that's the main issue ...
If coil 2 had an aoe style turn like t4 and t5 (a bit), the overall coil would be quite balanced for all classes.

But even then, monk is clearly overpowered in single target, I ve done a alt monk (i88 at the moment), and he outparses clearly all other dps classes ~i98 in T6 (like 20-30% more dps). We had no smn that's maybe why.
Not try other turn yet, but that's insane, I just have the extreme claw. And i don't think I have the perfect rotation.

I was really depressed when i return to my i100 blm that do less dmg than my i88 monk ;_;

I believe Second Coil doesn't favor BLM because it's a tighter dps race in Turn 1 with average iLVL 95~ or so gear than most all previous content. As a result, you clearly feel the lower dps of BLM, whereas it wouldn't have been such a problem previous to this. If everyone's dps isn't top notch, you have to do more acrobatics to deal with mechanics, etc. BLM was around on par with MNK before they gave a flat increase to melee damage, so obviously when that happened MNK became clearly superior in any scenario where they could leverage their damage efficiently.

I don't believe MNK is overpowered in terms of single target damage. DRG is pretty much on par with them. BRD is only a bit behind. Depending on the specifics of the fight, SMN is either ahead of them, equal to them, or a little behind. BLM is clearly behind pretty much every other dps, by a wide enough margin to notice. I play with MNK, DRG, BRD, and SMN in my group, and everyone is pretty good. I personally play SMN/BLM/BRD, as needed, for whatever I do, and I basically only use BLM for myth speed runs, bc AoE, yo. If you're "clearly outparsing" everyone else with inferior gear as MNK, then everyone else is either a BLM, a BRD, or pretty horrible at their job (or your parser is broken, or a bad parser).

The main problems with BLM are 1) the PvP nerfs and 2) luck-based mechanics. It's kind of funny that even after nerfing Blizzard 2, BLM manages to face smash everyone on AoE, but the real annoying PvP nerf was halving the damage on Scathe, as well. Basically making your "on the move" damage pretty much garbage. Thanks, SE. Then, on top of that, whether or not you do even decent dps relies entirely on how many times you proc Firestarter and Thundercloud. If you're the luckiest person on earth, your BLM might seem competitive. More likely than not, however, you're going to be pretty awful. Unless every fight is like Garuda or Turn 4 and you need to clean up a ton of adds. But wouldn't it be kind of boring if every single fight was set up the same way? Hence BLM needs to not suck completely on single target, which is the present reality.

Personally, I would hope that they'd let you set up Firestarter and Thundercloud rather than luck into it, or completely rethink the single target rotation. Doing something like just making Fire an instant cast and calling it a day wouldn't work, because BLM has weaker damage on a single target even in the most optimal scenario.

[Alise]

So what you're saying is use BLM for T4 and SMN for everything else......... That doesn't sound like there'd be any point to even being a BLM then.

Blm is the most demand class for brayflox which most people has to do daily right? that is already more than enough. SMN is just weekly raid.

In comparison, you would end up use BLm more often than Smn.

[Chocolate_Rain]

Blm is the most demand class for brayflox which most people has to do daily right? that is already more than enough. SMN is just weekly raid.

Really? You're going to go with that argument? Balancing is supposed to be done given endgame content, not something you do the day you hit 50. The fact that your justification on the weakness of blm is "they're great in brayflox" is borderline offensive, and I don't even main blm.

Here's something i just thought. If they up blm potency, most unskilled tanks wouldn't be able to hold threat. My thought "still in alpha" lower the potency of all spells sightly, but lower cast times and the gcd by .3-.5 seconds. Let blm's hit lower but more often, and it will increase their mobility by default. Just a thought, pick it apart if you want.

[KaneTW]

I believe Second Coil doesn't favor BLM because it's a tighter dps race in Turn 1 with average iLVL 95~ or so gear than most all previous content. As a result, you clearly feel the lower dps of BLM, whereas it wouldn't have been such a problem previous to this. If everyone's dps isn't top notch, you have to do more acrobatics to deal with mechanics, etc. BLM was around on par with MNK before they gave a flat increase to melee damage, so obviously when that happened MNK became clearly superior in any scenario where they could leverage their damage efficiently.

Are you high? T6 was a joke even in i90.

[Lunavi]

Blm is the most demand class for brayflox which most people has to do daily right? that is already more than enough. SMN is just weekly raid.

Ok, sure. Make Brayflox HM drop ilvl 110 gear.

[Raestloz]

If we were purely meant for dps, why did we get apocatastasis T_T

What are you gonna do after you use Fire Starter? Sit around for 2 seconds?

[sheepysheepy]

to word correctly, We are going to nerf other jobs single target dps so blm isn't as bad in relation.

or just increasing singletarget a bit and lowering aoe a bit

[Alise]

Ok, sure. Make Brayflox HM drop ilvl 110 gear.

As the initial post said. Any content you want AoE, use blm. Any content you want single dps, use Smn. It is good that SE share all the gear set now, don't be lazy and level up another class if you play to seriously play end-game. It is a waste anyway if you get the best caster gear, but limited it to be used with blm only. Only weapon that you need 2x. but all of my friends has solution by using coil weapon 1x and animus 1x.

Everybody in my static all end up learning to be able to play any class that share the same gear without anybody asking them to do so. They consider this the best for party to be able to adapt accordingly to situation. If you aren't prepared for this, you aren't ready for end-game, seriously. Instead of having every content designed for you in fixed, why not have you prepare to be handle against variety of situation instead?

[Chocolate_Rain]

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Several reasons, actually:

1)stat priorities or different for blms and smn. BIS are different. Yes, they can wear the same gear, but if you have bis in blm, going smn will won't be as useful. My main is a scholar, and if I were to go whm, I wouldn't be as effective since I have so much crit.

2)Enjoyment. people want to play the classes they want to play. I understand your sentiment, and to an extent, agree that people should have another geared job for the just in case. However, what if your dragoon hates monk or vice versa? What if you force them to play a class they don't like until new content comes out? People quit, either the static or the game. Making people do something they don't want to do on a regular basis in order to progress is lazy on the part of the static leader, and it's lazy on the part of developers. You seem to have a static that tend to enjoy the other classes they have. You're lucky and the exception, not the rule.

[RygaenYuui]

This has to be the first FF game I've ever played where BLM is not a powerhouse glass cannon...So why not make use of exploiting elemental resistances? Or does that not apply to enemy mobs?

And if it doesn't, who's bright idea was it to not include it in the damage calculations?

Or how about allowing for double casting on single target spells?