Buff Blizzard 2 for BLM

[Sanguisio]

No just shh, bliz 2 works as intended

[Xisin]

Freeze has some applicable uses actually. in turn 9 try this out - when darnus jumps and you are in ice already, start precasting freeze as he is about to land, the result should be a freeze on landing which adds a tiny bit of dps to you! Other than that small obscure detail (useful while in ice, while mob is jumping) it is practically useless.

[RyuDragnier]

Buff freeze. That's what needs a buff.

Personally I feel Freeze should add a DoT to enemies and have a normal cast time of 2.40 seconds. That alone would warrant its use as everyone welcomes another DoT to the mix, especially one with a low cast time.

[Blueskyy]

The point of blm having great burst is so that you can "Kill the enemy before the enemy can kill you". bliz 2 is already good as it is, I see no point buffing a skill that you rarely use. If any one needs a buff right now, It's summoners. Deal with it and stop complaining about every single little thing

[Romsca]

Black mage is just like WoW's balance druid. You move though phases of high damage (astral fire) and low damage (umbral ice). If anything blizzard spells should have less potency and fire spells more to maintain the average.

[AniCelestine]

for the "monsters close ground fast, blizzard 2 -> run further" blizzard has heavy for 20sec. Start with ice and just transpose -> build up AF with fire and it's in most cases its dead before it can hit you more than 3 times. As for blizzard 2. If you'd want to implement that to your aoe rotation, it would have to be buffed alot to be dps increase versus F3>F2...>Flare > B3 repeat. So blizzard 2 should just be the way it is.

Another note: Lethargy. it has Slow+Heavy and if I remember correct it's on 30sec CD, shoot a fire 3 and instantly pop lethargy on the monster you're to solo and continue with fire until it's dead.

[Bahd_Monkey]

This thread should be about Freeze and its almost total uselessness. Not sure what they were thinking with this spell's long casting time, low potency, and highly situational/easily broken crowd control.

If you Swiftcast it, it goes off instantly, so you can at least hit a moving target with it. It's useful for CC on enemies that can't be slept. I found it handy in SV and AV.

However, once you are out of low level dungeons, you'd have to be pretty desperate to waste a swiftcast on it when you could swift a Flare instead.

SE should really change Freeze to have zero cast time. Then it would be a lot more useful.

[RyuDragnier]

If you Swiftcast it, it goes off instantly, so you can at least hit a moving target with it. It's useful for CC on enemies that can't be slept. I found it handy in SV and AV.

However, once you are out of low level dungeons, you'd have to be pretty desperate to waste a swiftcast on it when you could swift a Flare instead.

SE should really change Freeze to have zero cast time. Then it would be a lot more useful.

Or, now thinking on a new idea, have it give us instant Umbral Ice III upon use. Make it the ice version of Flare in that aspect (except in this case, you know, not really doing any damage, it's there for the AoE and instant Umbral Ice III).

[Synestr]

Yes, Freeze needs a complete make over. At this point it is only useful as a sparkly at weddings.

...aaaaaaaand to cast from outside an aetherial barrier when you get locked out of a fight. It don't hit nothin but goes right through (over?) the barrier.

[Giantbane]

Or, now thinking on a new idea, have it give us instant Umbral Ice III upon use. Make it the ice version of Flare in that aspect (except in this case, you know, not really doing any damage, it's there for the AoE and instant Umbral Ice III).

beat me to it...