Is BLM truly simple?

[Mjytresz]

The minimizing movement aspect is actually a bit more complex than that. Most movement in the game can be handled in one of one ways:

1) Move.

That's my point. You're making this harder than it needs to be.
Dodging is a simple concept - Avoid the attack.

It becomes ridiculous when you're averaging out fractions of a second to try and "measure up" your DPS.
I forgot the extra 4 seconds saved on Titan EX was the difference between a wipe and a victory. Thank God our BLM graduated from Yale with a Master's in Pixel Dodging.

How are GL stacks more complicated than UI/AF?

Probably because MNK can't just blow Fire III to get full AF stacks back.
Or are we actually assuming the 10+ seconds of regaining GL stacks is as easy as the 2s cast time of Fire III?
Nevermind...

[StouterTaru]

You mean
>Move 2m to the side
>Start casting again
?

I'm just curious to see where all this "player skill" is coming from. I was under the impression that positioning was important for any class. With that said, I guess MNK would be the "most advanced" because of GL Stacks and movement?
This community needs a dictionary...

How are GL stacks more complicated than UI/AF?
-Use an attack from column 1
-Use an attack from column 2
-Use an attack from column 3
-Move 90 degrees around the mob

Or for tanking:
-Hit same 3 buttons in order
-Use a defense buff

Or healing:
-Heal the tank
-AoE heal the party
-Move 2m to the side

The "skill" comes with breaking from the rotation and using additional abilities. The biggest part of that comes from experience in the fight, and anticipating what is about to happen.

[Havenchild]

The rotation for the class seems fairly simple at a glance, but the end game is a step above itself. I'd define BLM as a "situational" based DPS as to bring out the best of it, you need to have some planning ahead and watching for certain things, like your remaining MP, mechanics and timing your MP Regeneration ticks or fillering them.

[Lyrica_Ashtine]

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...332-Is-this-it

[Sessurea]

I laugh when I see BLMs complain about downtime from moving, melee have it far far worse.

[Jican]

I laugh when I see BLMs complain about downtime from moving, melee have it far far worse.

As a main black mage, there is a lot going on that no one but a main black mage could understand. There is a 1.5-4 second cast on all your spells that do decent damage, and an insta cast damage spell that you incorporate based on the situation. Knowing what is coming is essential, but you can't always count on RNG, which is what Blm does. It's a very re-actional job that is easy to learn, but very hard to master. Simple mistakes, bad rng, and ignorance will lower your DPS so much, you'll be more of a paper weight to the party than a contributor.

Melee have it worse? My butt, you have auto attacks and gap closing moves with close to nil cool downs. Maybe if you had more than 3 jobs you would see the comment you made is both ignorant, and completely wrong.

**update** In my ignorance, i checked people's names on here and check their profiles to see if they have a job they are talking smack about, and only saw three. Only after checking my own profile did I see SE only posts three, although I know I have all of them at 50.**

[StouterTaru]

BLM is very simple to do well as, and easier to master than the other dps classes. There are a lot of little simple things that I always notice other BLMs not doing that are very useful:
-using sprint during fights (all mages in general, I rarely see this)
-running to the tank after pulling hate, or better yet before or during the GCD after a firestarter fire3
-using lethargy
-using apocatasasis/virus/eye for an eye (I'm guilty of this one)
-using raging/quelling/convert effectively on AoE nukes

[LionKing]

I laugh when I see BLMs complain about downtime from moving, melee have it far far worse.

I laugh when they think Melee can not Attack whilst on the move or 1 sec dodging AoE will massively affect their DpS overall

[Houston009]

Melees can still attack whilst moving unless they have to run away from it(they have gap closers), BLMs have to resort to a weak/RNG based attack that if used incorrectly can mess up their MP Management during Astral Fire.

[Urielparadox]

Lol melee get very little movement punishment related downtime, you still auto attack, use skills and the reach of skills is rediculous, all while moving, Blm can't do this. On drg or mnk, i can hit the skill as I'm running away and before the gcd is back up I'm back in range. Blm you have to learn to cast and move. And thats ussualy the differance, also learning how to always face target while casting. But melee gets very little to none movement punishment especially when compaired to blm. Monk can suffer a bit more because of grease lighting and loss of auto attacks, but only a loldrg, not a real one, would not suffer.