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    Dec 2013
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    Chisana Himitsu
    World
    Yojimbo
    Main Class
    Scholar Lv 70

    SMN needs more utility in FL

    After changes on magic resistance of ice in Fields of Glory, casters have been pretty much useless when it comes to killing the ice tomes. While casters can opt to DPS the enemy instead, healers in range can heal through the damage. This is where utility comes in. These is how the 2 match up against each other:

    BLMs have: sleep 2x, Bind, physical and magic barriers, slow
    SMNs have: Slow, Bind, Range reduction, Buff remover

    While range reduction and buff remover is useful in The Feast, it's not quite really useful in FL since mostly everyone stay close together. Also BLM's bind is a ground AoE spell which can be precast to oncoming enemies (no need for Swiftcast), while SMN's bind requires the target to be in range and takes almost 3 seconds to cast (need Swiftcast or you'll be dead before you finish casting). Furthermore, BLM's sleep spell can really make a difference when it comes to ice DPS. BLMs can sleep enemy melees to prevent them from doing damage. SMNs have...nothing?

    I am not really sure what to suggest to fix the disparity since it could affect The Feast and PvE. A few things that comes to my mind are the following:
    -Lower or remove the cast time for Tri-bind or make it a ground target AoE
    -Add an AoE stun to Titan-Egi's Landslide

    Maybe other people have better suggestions but I just wanted to point out how SMN is lacking in the utility department.
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    Last edited by DeliriumTrigger; 08-02-2016 at 10:16 AM. Reason: >1000