Quote Originally Posted by FoxyAreku View Post
Still don't buy this 'don't give black mages arrows' conversation. Even as someone who plays the class for fun occassionally. Spell speed is almost as high of a stat weight as intellect for black mage for a reason, and arrow basically gives them that.
It gives them SS, but we're already as high as we want to be most of the time.
All giving Arrow does is make us wait extra time for an MP tick or screw up the rotation by denying us an MP tick because our F3 was too fast.
Leylines is used because the Single Target rotation casts three spells in Umbral Ice, which should always give you three MP ticks. (Under Arrow+Leylines it MAY only give you two, which is a problem)
The AoE rotation however, you cast a single spell in Umbral Ice, and that spell is already perilously close to 3 seconds, gaining any extra spell speed will DENY the mana tick you need because it will be less than 3 seconds.

You don't have to believe me that giving BLM Arrow is never as useful as you think it is, or that in many cases it's just a bad idea. But you will someday, cause someone to miss a Flare and they will be mad or very confused. It took me about 3 missed Flares one dungeon to realize I was getting Spell Speed buffed too fast to get the mana tick I needed.