casters: what am I missing

[Aikaal]

BLM skill level increased by over 9000. But seriously, it<s harder to maximize DPS on BLM. I'm having a blast pulling 1.1k+ in A3S right now :3 I can probably reach 1150+ with a DRG and Draconian Potions. Guaranteed if I get Selene also xD

[Garotte14]

Rule of thumb should be, if you have to move longer than 2.5 seconds, you should be using scathe.

A good example of this is Ravana orbs, or having to drag your add in A1.

Obviously use your procs if you have any, and then swiftcast if it's available. But if you have neither and you have to move for a mechanic that will take longer than a single GCD, you should be using scathe. I get frustrated when I hear ppl say it's not even on their hotbar

[Happosai]

I get frustrated when I hear ppl say it's not even on their hotbar

I pretty much use scathe for the same reasons as you. I was talking about freeze and surecast not being on my bars as I dont pvp. Im aware surecast has a handful of uses for a handful of fights. Perhaps ill consider putting it on my bar

[Inosaska]

SMN is easy even if played badly still produces better results then someone who plays badly at blm and that's basically it. I've been playing SMN from the beginning but I don't think I'm anywhere near good with it. I play it because of how easy it is to get into the job. The one thing to work on is stack management but I really suck at controlling my pet in fact I don't even bother but I still do good but maybe that's just me thinking I'm good but I'm bad.

The job is still a warlock from wow and I never once controlled my pet in that game and still produced high dps being top 3 maybe because I focus on keeping my dots up correctly makes me look good and casting my spells constantly. Do those two things and you do perfectly fine dps in the end.

I stopped playing the job recently though and I'm in limbo about playing the game because all these new buttons are such a turn off for me. I could go back to leveling my drk which was easy and didn't require much to play. That's always an option for me. I just don't know. I also suck at ability weaving. I guess I'm just turned off by the game with all the changes or maybe I'm just stressing out to much at trying to produce good DPS. Sorry if I fell off topic just needed to get that out of me. Any advice would be great though.