Quote Originally Posted by Alkimi View Post
Make Blizzard IV reduce magic resistance by 5%. Forces you to use the "proper" rotation, slightly improves BLM dps and also provides raid utility.
or
Make Blizzard IV reduce fire resistance by 10%. Brings BLM closer to SAM dps but no raid utility (except I guess Katon and a couple of RDM spells)
tbh i dont realy like this idea. simply from a logical point of view (i know its called final fantasy but even fantasy follows some kind of logic . Umbral hearts are like a gameplay mechanic belonging to a BLM so i dont see how it can be equated to a debuff.

i suggest that they should increase the potency of the spell cast within umbral hearts. each umbral heart increases the spell potency cast in AF by 30 so for example:
if you have 3 umbral hearts up and you cast 1 fire spell in AF than the first spell will get a 90 potency boost, the second spell will get a 60 potency boost because one of the UH's have been used and the third spell will increase its potency by 30.
I did some quick calculations with this using only the opener rotation and it showed an increase of about ~ 5%.

They did a pretty good job on BLM, they only need to tweak it a bit in terms of damage and its fine. by giving umbral hearts more reason to be used outside the opener, within ley and aoe.