Returning Black Mage - Rotation Reminder?

[Numenor1379]

At the start of an AoE run, if you have Convert, Swiftcast, and Raging Strikes up, shouldn't the rotation be:

F3 > F2 (until under 1000 mana) > Raging Strikes > Flare > Transpose > Swiftcast > Flare > Convert > Flare > Transpose

That way RS hits for all 3 Flares and Transpose is back up by the end of the 3rd Flare.

No because there is no point in doing those F2's at the start and with your rotation Flare is not under AF3 for all of it's casts. The AoE move you want to use is Flare. You want to use it as often as possible as it gives the best damage. You want to do everything you can to get BACK to being able to cast Flare as quickly as possible, and when it is cast you need to make sure it's under AF3. You NEVER want to cast Flare without that buff as you lose a HUGE amount of damage.

Here's the correct AoE Opener and sustained rotation in sequence:

F3 - Raging/Quelling Strikes - Swiftcast/Flare - Convert - Flare - Mega-Ether - Flare - Transpose - F3 - F2 - F2 - Flare - [repeat from Transpose]