Quote Originally Posted by Averax View Post
At least you're not a black mage who might as well be half buried.
A job designed around being a turret becoming even more of a turret (though I could argue BLM would have gotten enough with Laylines and that Enochian was wasted on them since it's a mechanic you could have built an entire new job around) makes sense. A mobile, instant-attack oriented job becoming a turret warrants a "what the hell were they thinking?" type of reaction. Specially taking into account how WM was implemented.

This said, I support the OP in that cast times are terrible on BRD. MCH can sort of get away with it because of how Gauss Barrel interacts with shot procs, and I think it may be enough to help the job stand on its own. BRD should have gotten something else to create diversity in playstyle. Sadly, I don't see it going away until the next expansion kicks in, if we're lucky. It's a big change that would require a redesign of how BRD plays in HW zones. Then again, they did a revamp on WAR's tank model from 2.0 to 2.1, so there is some hope there.