This post might provoke flames, and I'm sorry for that, but after looking at the changes to THM including those with BLM, I am sorely disappointed. I knew that they had development for the Black Mage way back when and I was ok with that because of what I had seen of THM. THM seemed like more like a necromancer or a job that dealt with death (ie. scourge, shadowsear, banish) instead of one that dealt with the elements.

It was refreshing for me having come from FF11 with the FF11 black mage mentality.

With these changes, THM is effectively stripped of all of the basis it has been built on, and is now more akin to the CNJ and that storyline. After leveling this job to 50, loving it, and wanting more of it, I really do not want the feeling of THM to be taken away. I hated every moment leveling CNJ and I feel that THM is going to turn out the same way after the patch.

Please, keep the death-type mage mentality! Shadowsear, Scourge Banish type spells are amazing, and I would like to see more development along this route rather than having the concept cut off half way.

I may provoke some hostility here (as I am rather frustrated with this and obviously have a bias), but I'd like to keep this thread as close to a constructive criticism thread as possible. Thank you for reading.