Potency increase for BLM makes BLM way too powerful

[Xisin]

Hi Nuko,

your dps greatly depends on your weapon also, just not your overall ilvl. I'll assume you have an i100 weapon of some sort. at i96 and an i100 weapon you should be pulling in the 340-370 range to be considered relevant, this is including the new buffs. (like on a dummy or something.) BLM dps increases in parties due to selene/foe and the int pt buff so anything you achieve on a dummy is very doable on any fight with the exception of fights with breaks such as darnus, ifrit etc.

DRGS and MNKS still beat us in single target, with selene on turn 8 i can currently crank out 470-480 but that still doesnt beat the monk. DRGS will be slightly higher than blm and they'll be increasing bard damage by 10% also, roughly about an extra 38-40 dps. That's pretty balanced since monks hover in at around 500ish, BLM 470ish, DRG 470ish + 35ish for bard, and Brd at around 420ish + dps increasing songs. (max values should be around these numbers)
The added dps is greatly appreciated on savage coils X_X

[AlrikRouge]

Ran a new dungeon last night. The BLM was probably about i72 average.

I think he really enjoyed the buff - ST rotation was B3-F3-F3-F3-T3-B3-B3- and repeat.

Then when there were two or more targets: B3-F3-Flare-Transpose-B3-B3- and repeat. (If transpose wasn't up, just waited)

So not too worry - there is still one BLM (despite suggestion of a rotation having F1 in there and using F3 procs when they occur) that is not much more powerful due to the buff. I'm sure in time he may get DPS equal to the tank, and maybe the BRD, but by then NIN will be out and you can throw stars at him instead.

[Ooshima]

DRGS and MNKS still beat us in single target, with selene on turn 8 i can currently crank out 470-480 but that still doesnt beat the monk.

500ish, BLM 470ish, DRG 470ish + 35ish for bard, and Brd at around 420ish + dps increasing songs. (max values should be around these numbers)

470-480 on T8 as a BLM? 470 DRG seem too incredible too.

[Tranquil]

470-480 on T8 as a BLM? 470 DRG seem too incredible too.

The BLM number is definitely doable. Our i110 BLM was in the 440s-450s with a single bard and not infinite Foe, last night. But I must say I've never seen a DRG go to the 470s.

[Ooshima]

The BLM number is definitely doable. Our i110 BLM was in the 440s-450s with a single bard and not infinite Foe, last night. But I must say I've never seen a DRG go to the 470s.

Does your BLM park indefinitely or has duties to perform?

[Tranquil]

Does your BLM park indefinitely or has duties to perform?

He has duties - I think he pops the mine tower twice and an explosive tower once, with our tower ordering.

[KroLeXz]

it's doable if your party dps is bad and you don't skip the dread-naught....I don't buy it though.

[ViviAnimus]

It is doable when Requiem is up a lot of the time. Foe's Requiem is ridiculous though. Not all Bards even do it. Those two BLM's with very high DPS get two Battlevoiced Requims.

[wicked-one]

As we don´t use Parsers, i could only speak from a subjective feeling, but our Tank´s were complaining cause we totally messed up phase shifting in T7 (we ware 2 BLM in the Raid)

[Hollowed]

How sad to see that so few seem to understand how this content is designed. Any serious group will set their plan around having their BLM moving as little as possible for any mechanics, the BLM in my raid group pushes nearly 380+ in every coil turn we do and damn near 400 in T8, pre-2.3 I might add. This buff was needed and the game is balanced extremely well. All the cry babies moaning for a nerf just understand, if you are a serious player who wants to do the hardest content then you are only nerfing your entire group. This wasn't a buff for BLM dps, this was a buff for the entire raid's dps. Be greatful, your entire pt was just upgraded. Group skill > Individual skill.