BLM skills, rotation questions

[KilimYolo]

THANK YOU guys/girls.

I new i was doing something/everything wrong lol.
This all feels logical and easy to learn. Plus i actually LOVE Flare visuals/sound, so that will make it even easier to learn...

[Mortern]

Im just starting down the BLM route and after reading this thread i can quite clearly see i was doing pretty much everything wrong! I spent all my MP on Fire 3 and pretty much had nothing else other than a few Blizzards while MP was regen after Transpose. I didnt even have Fire 1 or 2 on my Hotbar, just presumed 3 is better because it does more damage, but i was getting so frustrated at the very long cast time!

Most of the fight i was waiting for MP, i was so very wrong!

So thanks for all the information

M

[Frizze]

Coming from the single player FF games, its a natural way to think. You usually have a ton of ethers to get your mana back, and can spam your highest level spells in any important fight. In this game(for BLM at least) they changed the parameters of the spells in such a way that they have different ideal uses. Once youve wrapped your head around it you realize that theyve given you tools for more situations, just with a naming scheme that might leave something to be desired.

[Lelila38]

You might want to take a look at this thread: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...A-Guide-to-DPS
It's not quite up to date yet, I don't see the 4.0 skills when quickly looking through it, but it's still gonna give you a general idea of rotations and skills. For the more advanced stuff, read the newest comments, where they are discussing about 4.0 rotation.

This https://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/comme...l_70_rotation/ is a discussion about Stormblood rotations, I didn't have time to read through it all yet, so if it's not helpful I apologise.

Also, as I am a career Blm since beta and always happy to discuss Blm stuff, feel free to get in contact (ingame: Rhia Nara, Cactuar server or on the Forums, don't actually know if this has a PM function?) and I can give you more detailed advice on skills, rotation or specific fights.

[SpiritMuse]

Im just starting down the BLM route and after reading this thread i can quite clearly see i was doing pretty much everything wrong! I spent all my MP on Fire 3 and pretty much had nothing else other than a few Blizzards while MP was regen after Transpose. I didnt even have Fire 1 or 2 on my Hotbar, just presumed 3 is better because it does more damage, but i was getting so frustrated at the very long cast time!

Most of the fight i was waiting for MP, i was so very wrong!

So thanks for all the information

M

Yes, as you've discovered, in this game no spell or ability really becomes obsolete as you level up, they all still have their functions. And the ones that are just straight upgrades now get automatically replaced by the higher level versions so you don't even need to worry about that. Good luck with your BLM career! May you blow up many enemies to come.