BLM needs some love and RDM needs a nerf

[LastDream]

I'm quoting some of the very early posts since i could not read most of the thread...since my character was made from 1.0 yea i have some knowledge of the job since day 1. The quadra flare is barely just an exemple, the aoe thunder is one of the massive changes for aoe the BLM could hope for. You can clearly feel the difference when procing those "stormclouds?" (don't know the english name sadly) passives on trash mobs and the Ice IV passive really helps on the extended astral fire aoe rotation.

How can the job feel clunkier, slower and more sluggish exactly when they buffed the timer for AF and added new movement tools? Went from 11 to 14, where is the downside exactly? With Ice IV, we overall get more Fire IV to cast and we don't suffer that much from the loss of potency or raging strikes. Once again, Foul adds a nice touch to the whole experience by reducing some downtimes and both Triplecast and Between the lines prove to be extremely efficient in raiding when you need to move thus also helping /sometimes/ (rarely) refresh AF in needs. I feel much less like a turret than i did back in previous patches. Sharpcast was already a formidable tool, but the new added ones just help offer more ways for you to do your job.

The only issue i've ran into is the Ice ticks that led me to 2400 mana in AF and denied me a Fire IV sometimes.

I'm sorry, i don't mean to be rude or anything (i didn't imply anyone is incompetent really) so i'll just say that i don't agree with people that could possibly trash or complain about the current status of the job. We saw how that went well for some before SB launched. There are jobs that have significant issues and BLM is not one of them currently. If some people are dissapointed that they couldn't cast their third Fire IV without Ley Lines with 1 second left and lost their enochian because they slightly moved and wasted a gcd, that's on their head. The BLM will always be the good old "Fire/Ice" brainiac rotation but as i played from 2.0 to today, i can say without a doubt that the job has become greater and funnier than ever. Take care.