I wonder how many people posting in here have both the cross class skills the Blm can get, and has used the job enough to base their "experience" on wisdom, not "what they saw in a few fights."

The biggest issue I have as a full time Blm with all cross class skills available to Blm in it's entirety is the cone based area that Blm has to attack. If the monster moves outside of that for any reason, you lose all the casting time you spent. If the monster dies before you're done casting, all that casting time is wasted. If you MOVE, all that casting time is wasted. THAT imho is what needs to change. Everything else is just fine. I have yet to see anyone stick some numbers into their so called "lower dps" because many of you are overlooking one VERY important thing.

Critical damage

Smn does not have and never will have Crit for their DoTs, and their only move worth a damn is Fester. Sure, Garuda is ranged, has a 90 potency move every few seconds, and has that sexy move that extends DoTs by another 15 seconds, but that's it, really, that's IT.