How is BLM in new expansion?

[Twilite]

SE made the Black Mage more technicall like Summoner and now all Black Mages are crying because they don't have a simple rotation and high dps.

SMN became better at the cost of another job(the exact same way they did in FFXI.). Oh and it's not even about high DPS anymore. BLM is a burst damage class..I've said this shit over and over again here. Oh and please don't start trolling BLMs. I don't know if SMNs were trolled or not, but remember, your buff came at a cost.

Anyhow, after sleeping on it, I decided against quitting the job and gonna tough it out.

[Bklyn718]

Anyhow, after sleeping on it, I decided against quitting the job and gonna tough it out.

I switched to SMN even though my BLM was already lvl 57. My SMN is now lvl 54 and I can say that i'm enjoying it much more than my BLM and I feel like my AOE's are better.

I was doing a dungeon earlier and my entire party died on the last boss. The boss had around 5%-10% HP left and I was able to put up all my DOTs and run around with the boss and adds chasing me while spamming Ruin II. I ended up killing the boss due to my DOTs and the fact that I can run around and spam Ruin. Now if I were using my BLM, I probably would of died too because of those cast times and lack of free movement. Situations like this are one of the reasons why I like SMN.

[AlternativeOne]

Our new skill suck ass. Ley line is hands down the dumbest Idea in this game. Fire 4 is our low mp spell under astral so you basically spam it 2 times then refresh your astral fire, spam 2 more times then cast blizzard 3, blizzard 4, fire 3 then repeat till you cant. With the way these fights are. you gonna be running around useless most of the time. Aoe is weak cause these mobs have hella hp. It better to just switch target and use fire4. I hate it.

[Malevicton]

tbh I think we all just need practice. Was doing bismarck ex and maintaining near-100% enochian uptime by the second attempt. Fractal Continuum is pretty easy to turret on every boss. Neverreap can be a bit tricky, but if you don't have to carry all the mechanics then you can keep good uptime as well. I havent tried ravana ex, which admittedly is the one I think we'll be worst in, but people saying all the fights are designed to be impossible to maintain enochian in are just straight up wrong. We're weak in some fights and great in others, but even the bad fights we can do passably well.

I'd still like if they actually balanced casters instead of the eternal flip flop, but the sky isn't falling.

[MistyMew]

I really dislike blm at 58...cant really judge it for 60 yet, it feel cumbersome, awkward and overall bad in design now.
I don't mind managing cd and stuff but the design of the cd right now is quite backwards and clunky and not well thought out at all.

I do hope it vastly improves by 60...if not , se you gotta fix it plz
(don't be like WOW developers)

[Aikaal]

Right now in iLevel 157 with an iLevel 180 weapon on a dummy *best case scenario* My opener I bursted up to 1.8k DPS but it was more steady at 1.5k. Damage is good but movement will kill it lol

[hallena]

Right now in iLevel 157 with an iLevel 180 weapon on a dummy *best case scenario* My opener I bursted up to 1.8k DPS but it was more steady at 1.5k. Damage is good but movement will kill it lol

Well this is the complain. BLM's dps is good when you can turret, As soon as movement/mechanic is involved, your dps goes to shit

[Mercutial]

Quick side question: I've been taking my time with the side quests and main quests to level up to 60 naturally since static won't need me at full force for another week. Where are all the higher Ilevel weapons dropping or how are they obtained?
I'm currently at level 55 and still rocking the Dreadwyrm Staff.

[hallena]

Quick side question: I've been taking my time with the side quests and main quests to level up to 60 naturally since static won't need me at full force for another week. Where are all the higher Ilevel weapons dropping or how are they obtained?
I'm currently at level 55 and still rocking the Dreadwyrm Staff.

Dreadwyrm is i135. In dungeon gear you'll be in i145 when you hit 60(then start upgrading to i170-180). I kept my zeta until 57 or 58, then i got a ladybug staff from the main quest

[Mercutial]

Ok... I just can't find any info on where the higher Ilevel staffs drop or if they are obtained via tokens or whatever. The Hive staff for example.
I assume probably dungeons for the most part.