Quote Originally Posted by Ninster View Post
After giving myself the day to mull over this (I'm a fairly anxiety-and-depression prone guy, by the way), I came to the same conclusion as you did. That's part why I ditched most of my AoE abilities in favor of just finishing the run.

I appreciate the feedback, though my original concerns had to do with whether Miasma II and Blizzard II are "bad" or not. I'm going to admit most of my rotation comes from head-math and not guides or any expert advice.
You did everything right with using miasma II and bliz II. Its actually very common that most SMNs dont put in the effort to use these two skills for aoe as they have to be used in melee range and cost a bit of MP but they are nonetheless essential to having high AOE dps as a SMN and its a shame so few SMNs use them. Dont let that experience discourage you from using those skills. The tank was an idiot outright.

On the visual complaint, its true that a lot of skills block your view in melee range but thats on the tank or melee player to solve, not on you. I myself have party effects turned off so i can still comfortably see AOE indicators and the mobs flank or rear.