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[ColdestHeaven]

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BLM can step-cast, but can they do it easily and reliably in order to dodge without losing on any Fire4 cast (which sums up to a lot of their damage)? My answer is no. BRD cast time are rather short compared to BLM, you can use step-cast and you will basically always have enough time to dodge that one attack coming in the wrong moment. BLM casts are about double of that, and if you either delay your cast or interrupt it because you now have to dodge, you have to watch two timers laughing at you. The discussion was about how easy it is to recover to mechanics screwing you.
Also: that video is no mere "comparison" - it just shows you how a BRD can move basically anywhere in their rotation and still not suffer much in terms of lost uptime. Black mages, on the other hand, have stricter timings for that - unless they want to lose on "lots of easy damage". You have 30-25-20 seconds to cast two Fire and four Fire4, but that's not even half the issue, because astral fire wears off in about 3 seconds after the second Fire4. I am no BLM main, but from what I can tell from personal experience in both Minuet and level 60 BLM I wouldn't really consider BLM easier to manage in that sense. It's quite hectic, and not in the sense of "DPS efficiency", but class mechanics. BLM is way slower in recovering from a fuck-up, and being slow not only in Savage but other content too is not really good nor pleasant - I believe that much we can agree on.