BLM and Thundercloud

[IllyriaKnotfred]

So its pretty common knowledge that using thundercloud procs (outside of sometimes in motion) is a pretty big dps loss. My proposition is quite simple- remove thundercloud procs from our global. Thundercloud was such a fun ability to use in 2.xx that having it be completely garbage right now outside of very niche situations, kinda makes me sad. Taking it off our GCD would not break the games mechanics, or skyrocket our dps since its so RNG intensive- but it would vastly increase the fun factor for Blm.

Thoughts?

[Renryuu]

I'm kinda mixed. On the one hand, I do miss Thunder 3 and the procs, but on the other hand I don't really notice unless I actively think about it. I'm kinda digging the new mostly procless rotation of Blm, though there are a couple things that annoy me (like not being able to fire 4 immediately after Fire 3 and AF3 is set up). I dunno, I have a feeling us ignoring Thundercloud and Thunder spells in general was not intentional as it would seem rather odd if it was and I do expect that they'll do something make it not a dps loss to do.

That or they could ditch Scathe and turn the Thunder spells into a new mobile spell in which we can cast them while moving. Thunder being the cheap and weak spam spell, Thunder 2 being the aoe spell and Thunder 3 being the expensive but super strong spell and give us a trait similar to Firestarter where casting Thunder 1 gives us a chance to cast a free and instant Thunder 3. This way we have a mobile spell and Thunder still has some use to us while not having to find a way to shoehorn it into level 60 rotation.

[Waliel]

Could work.

[IllyriaKnotfred]

I guess I'm open to ideas on how to make the proc/spells useful again- but right now its just a major bummer to have a very fun unique trait- being completely ignored

[IllyriaKnotfred]

I believe we are the only Job in the game right now where (from the expansion) one of our signature ability/procs has become borderline useless. If enough of us blms speak up about the issue, I honestly think it will get addressed.

[pandabearcat]

Could be nice if it was simply an auto cast - if it procs, it refreshes the thunder and does its damage.

Would have to be a bit lower potency to make up for the fact you don't need a gcd to use it however.

[IllyriaKnotfred]

Would it really need a lower potency off the gcd? Its already RNG enough at only 5% chance/3 seconds to happen

[pandabearcat]

Would it really need a lower potency off the gcd? Its already RNG enough at only 5% chance/3 seconds to happen

If BLM are already not using it, and doing competitive dps, is it necessary for them to do more free dps?

[hallena]

If BLM are already not using it, and doing competitive dps, is it necessary for them to do more free dps?

By competitive dps you mean below drg, monk, smn and ninja?
Thundercloud being offGCD would be a SLIGHT buff to dps to make up for all the dps blm lose when movement is involved
However i would rather thundercloud extend the duration of enochian by 5 seconds and thunder have its potency increase a bit
Enochian has a whole need some sort of duration increase because after the first refrsh, you cannot even use firestarter or thundercloud before enochian run out. And going back to 2.0 rotation is a massive dps loss because you can only fit 4 fire I in the rotation instead of 5

[Verius_Nox]

Frankly, the whole Thunder and Thundercloud proc system needs a makeover. Simply using Thunder in the rotation is a DPS loss in most cases.