How's BLM looking?

[Hasrat]

Is this gonna end up being the 4.0 BLM thread, or should I dig up the proper one?

I'm still only at the end of ARR, so most changes don't seem like they'll hit me, and I can at least sorta just learn the new mechanics as they come, rather than relearning. Might make educating via guides a little troublesome.

Just looking for a little clarification to at least keep myself in decent shape where I'm at, until I get a better grasp on all the changes.

Thunder: Instead of casting Thunder I and using procs for Thunder III, it's basically all Thunder III now? Or Thunder II for mass trash I suppose?
AoE: Can't really do anything about potency loss, so Fire II and Flare still standard for AoE?

Sounds like most of the bigger changes are all post-50, so I at least have a little while before I need to adjust, which I hope won't be too bad going in fresh. Mildly upset that Sleep doesn't AoE, but no big deal I guess.

[Psycofang]

Tug up the old sanctuary

Also yes t3 took t1s spot and t2-4 is for aoe

[Hasrat]

Much obliged. Think I'll hunker down on BLM until the dust settles. Sounds like things are mostly unchanged for me.

[Kyouki]

BLM lost the ability to cure with physic, but got the ability to erase party members (not self). We got drain to cure ourselves, but that can only be done during a battle...

Usage of transpose sometimes kills the enochain buff...

Not happy with these changes...

[Zoloe]

Either something is wrong or I'm just confused about how BLM works now. One of my characters is only 44 BLM, and Blizzard III is a lvl 40 skill, but it's greyed out like I can't use it on the skills list. Also, when I try to use it, because it's still on my hotbar, it says I haven't learned it yet. What's the deal? Any idea?

[Mimiki]

I've got a bit of a problem tracking Enochian. My gauge is missing the ticker/clockhand part of the Enochian countdown as seen in this vid and the Enochian buff no longer shows up. I basically have to try and estimate the countdown. Also, my Fire and Ice stacks were removed as buffs as well - I would like the options to use the gauge, use the gauge and buff icons or just use buff icons... especially when the gauge doesn't appear to be working correctly.

[Muchmidget]

I think you don't get the "timer" part until level 70 when you actually get Foul. Enochian just stays active as long as you don't drop astral/umbral so no need to track it before 70, really.

[Silverquick]

I think you don't get the "timer" part until level 70 when you actually get Foul. Enochian just stays active as long as you don't drop astral/umbral so no need to track it before 70, really.

Honestly I haven't had time to try out the new BLM,

But I suspect now I'll be spending all my time on this job rather than just a portion of it.

I looked at the interface and it was kinda hinky, not as easy to grasp at first glance. I'll have to do more work with it.

[Mimiki]

I think you don't get the "timer" part until level 70 when you actually get Foul. Enochian just stays active as long as you don't drop astral/umbral so no need to track it before 70, really.

Interesting... so the diminishing return of Enochian has had the former effect of "Each time Enochian is overwritten, duration is reduced by 5 seconds." removed, yet Transpose will wipe it. I find it super strange that detailed class changes weren't listed in patch notes. [Edit] I was just advised to go check out the official job guide posted today, so I'm gonna check that out for all the classes!

[Kyouki]

yet Transpose will wipe it

That happened to me too a couple of times while i was out in the field. However when i went back to my striking dummy i was able to use transpose without wiping out enochain. I have absolutely no clue why and when it will wipe eno out... It is super confusing right now.