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    Sleigh's Avatar
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    Philia Felice
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    Gilgamesh
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    Thaumaturge Lv 70
    Quote Originally Posted by TraeSnow View Post
    I wonder where all the hate for BLM was when they were replacing SMN in FCoB?
    BLMs didn't seem to have a problem with them being more optimal for FCoB than a SMN was - but wait! Now that 60 content is here and 2 fights require movement, which SMN has always naturally done better than a BLM, BLMs are having a fit.
    Don't judge your job based on two EX primals.
    BLM are a still a single target powerhouse - and they still own the title of consistent AoE damage. (SMN only has burst AoE)
    Quite contrary, I think most BLMs who've farmed the fights feel pretty decent about the 2 primals. It's the future that scares me for BLM - Bismark/Ravana weren't exactly hard content. You don't have to hit towers, or get trapped by a mechanic, or need MAX sustained DPS in a multi-DoT/AoE situation. The primals are largely about managing Enochian, which is a bomb if you don't know the timers, to, pretty good uptime on Enochian all considered otherwise.

    Also I personally was very adamant about SMN MP buffs in 2.4 - I want them both balanced very well together. I think 2.5 is the closest we've ever had to them being balanced for future content, but now it's gone and flip flopped again back to a situation where most can safely say they'd play SMN in progression (where you're stuck on a turn for days/weeks, not the couple hours it takes to do the primals), with equal skill/gear.

    Here's how I envision the classes if say T1-13 were relevant progression again, same mechanics, same everything just tuned for current iLVL and how 3.0 SMN/BLM work in ST/AoE/mobility/multi-DoTs/mechanical freedom -

    T1 - SMN
    T2 - BLM
    T4-7 - SMN
    T8 - BLM
    T9-13 - SMN
    T6-9 Savage - SMN

    Can you imagine T10 with 3.0 SMN? I don't think any class on their best day would be able to compete. Radiant Shield during add phase alone ... that'd be what, 1200 potency for one pet oGCD?

    Just a tweak here or there ... Enochian being 30s each duration so there's more proc/AoE/phase shift freedom, AF being 12s to allow for a dodge between F4 > F1 to not be so risky/crippling, maybe Leylines just being a haste buff instead of a placement. It doesn't need much to become consistent and enough where the above evaluations I'd give would have a bit more BLM in there than such SMN overload.
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    Last edited by Sleigh; 06-29-2015 at 05:03 AM.