Quote Originally Posted by Kyomagi View Post
edit--just noticed the other replies not to use transpose, how does that work, i have always understood transpose as a way of regenerating your MP quickly
Transpose is only to be used if you can not Blizzard III. Transpose basically takes your full stacks of Astral Fire, and turns them into a single stack of Umbral Ice. While it will start giving you MP back, it won't do it nearly as fast as a full stack of Umbral Ice will.

Transpose is ONLY to be used when you know your stacks will wear off (Think Nael jumping for double dives, and you're in astral Fire.) or when you dont' have the MP to Blizzard III (Which should never happen but CAN happen if you mismanage your MP) Edit-in: Or if you're triple flare rotation for an AoE pull.

This is why, as we said, ending with swift cast + Flare -> Convert -> Fire I -> Blizzard III will substantially help your DPS. NEVER Transpose if you dont' have to. That is a HUGE dps loss.