Quote Originally Posted by Dyvid View Post
My AoE was fine at 50, 3.0 just added a little more too it. But that aside, the only time AoE is really useful is on trash mobs and the main source of trash mobs is dungeon. Not a lot of use for AoE in Raids and Trial Ex so you argument is moot..
Well having played both BLM and SMN at level 50 in the same gear... no actually you can't compete with it at level 50. That changes at level 52 once you get Painflare.

Flare far outclasses SMN damage. As does Fire 3 on single targets, that's why in the early guides it talks about it... and why everyone bolted SMN for BLM back then, and why they were unwanted in upper level areas.

And having played them both at that level... yeah I found they were telling me the truth...

And luckily because Deathflare does so much damage in a one shot hit, it actually works just fine in Raids and Ex Trials, as witnessed by the FFLogs.