Help with DPS in Turn 7 as a BLM

[scarebearz]

Mostly you need to practice more and panic less xD

When you are more used to the fight and get voice, you can try and force/save a proc (or SC Flare - Transpose) to cast on 1/2s remaining, then turn for voice while the GDC is being refreshed.

As soon as you get Shriek, unload everything you can while running into position and transpose to get back to full mana.

Keep Thunder on boss even when adds are up for possible TC procs.

[DeadRiser]

Once you get past understanding the mechanics and when to expect what, you will have the second easiest dps job other than a bard (if they are not kiting renauld's)

You want to stay motionless in the middle ring just far enough from everyone that you won't clip them with the flame circle. And basically your same rotation. I'm like only i93 on that fight and I think my dps was close to 300. Considering had bad luck with flame circles and it dropped at the end. That and I don't normally dps but I do in this fight. Just once you get used to the mechanics, your dps will shoot up.

And don't turn away as soon as you get the voice debuff. Keep attacking till it hits 3 seconds then turn away. 4 seconds is most likely two fire 1's and possible a firestarter lol.

[Nukocafe]

if you have too much dps in t7 it will throw off your voices & shrieks anyway.
my group actually had to lower our DPS and me (the kiter) basically stopped dpsing and just focused on kiting except when I'd throw a few DOTs on the ads.
T6 and T7 are really unfavorable for a black mage (which is also why I switched to smn to begin with) but you should be able to shine in T8 =)

[scarebearz]

T6 and T7 are really unfavorable for a black mage (which is also why I switched to smn to begin with)

I disagree, t6 and t7 are both fine for a BLM now.

It does take more practice for a BLM, but we can certainly keep up with the other DPS classes on those turns.

[Nukocafe]

I disagree, t6 and t7 are both fine for a BLM now.

It does take more practice for a BLM, but we can certainly keep up with the other DPS classes on those turns.

Never said you can't keep up, you just have to do a lot more work to find ways to "weave in your casts" so that there's no DPS loss while dealing with stuff like vine breaking,bulbs, boquets, voices and shrieks. A really good BLM will know the mechanics and be able to put out a lot of DPS but I think the average person will be stuck at a disadvantage.\

I was too lazy to bother becoming one of those good BLMs so switching back to summoner was a lot easier for me. I began the game as a scholar anyway :P

[scarebearz]

Fair enough

I can agree that SMN is easier to put out decent numbers with xD

[TomTom1968]

T7 is more favorable to BLM's than T6 from my experience. I am a lot more stationary in T7 which leads to higher DPS than in T6 for sure.

[Ooshima]

To be fair, it is pointless to look at DPS parses in T7 because it is largely RNG and unfair to any other DPS than a BRD.

But I'm curious how you scored under 200 for T6 though, that's puzzling.

[Skeith-Adeline]

Well, it was my first time in the fight and the only thing I knew of it was that BB mechanic. I didn't know any of the targeting icons, status ailments, nothing. We killed it with one wipe, so I'm /still/ completely ignorant on that battle.