Quote Originally Posted by AI_wass View Post
He's blatantly wrong. The bulk of BLM damage in mob pulls is in the Fire 2> Fire 2> Flare portion of the rotation, as should be obvious. Making that bit go faster, means more DPS.
Ideal AoE Flare rotation is 15 seconds and takes around 900 spell speed. To drop that to a 12 second rotation, you need a GCD around 1.6 seconds and perfect timing.

For that same reason, Ley Lines in an AoE is not what a competent BLM does.