How's BLM looking?

[Cherub]

SMN and BLM DPS will probably both be good. In some fights BLM will shine, in others SMN.
However, I do think SMN is now lacking a simple AoE GCD. Their AoE is locked behind Aetherflow, another stack of Aetherflow and Demi Bahamut. Granted, if you got 6 stacks ready to burn on the packs, you'll obliterate them. But that's still 6 stacks.

I am not very worried about single target damage. I think both will be viable. Come 3.1 we'll probably see potency buffs on both sides even.

I feel like the changes to BLM, while simplifying Enochian, just added to the Job. BLM still looks and feels like the good old HW BLM just in stronger, faster and better. The Leylines Teleport is QoL, Lucid dreaming might end up in a huge DPS gain for us, Mana share was a dream come true, Foul sounds and looks dope, Triplecast papa bless, Thunder IV and Multi flares thank you mighty lord.

I mean, yea there were potency nerfs and from the media tour there wasn't a big Damage difference at level 70 but remember, they did wear 290 gear. When going from ARR to HW we went from 130 to 150 gear as well.
I think the numbers will vastly differ once we get some -good- gear. Not the 290 trash.

SMN on the other hand, while I think it's viable, Aetherflow management got more crucial than ever now. It's such an unforgiving system now. And it seems there is so much Ruin focus, it sounds like a very very very boring Job. I think it'll perform good. But it'll also be very boring to play. I wouldn't be too worried about Aetherpact. 5% won't be good for a single person, yea but I am positive SE will see what certain abilities lack come the next few weeks and we'll get them changed and buffed.