Rethinking my choice of BLM Main

[Lelila38]

Been Blm main since launch, been raiding on Blm on Coil, Alexander and now Omega.
It's true, Blm more than any class needs a thorough understanding of the fight. As an example, if you place your Ley Lines you want to be able to spend all or at least most of the duration of it inside (with Between the Lines there's also the possibility of placing them to ease movement, e.g.Susano, but it's still a dps loss). It would be wasted otherwise. The reason for this being that Blm is the least mobile of all jobs. We want to chose our position carefully so we can minimise our movement.
We may have an easy rotation on paper, but it's one of the hardest and most punishing to maintain during actual combat. For me, this is also the reason I love Blm and it feels rewarding to play. For doing it right, we're awarded with high numbers.
Blm has a learning curve. We generally require more practice of an actual fight, to figure out positioning, how to deal with movement and where to avoid it, where to place our cooldowns, what boss attacks to avoid and which to eat (Manawall pls). For savage content it also helps having a static that recognises the strengths and weaknesses of Blm and will help you optimise your movements, for example my Sch will make sure to position himself at a specific place during O2S, so I can use my Aetherial Manipulation to port to him for the next mechanic, thus getting an additional gcd in before having to move.

If you've got your Blm leveled up already, just try getting into ex primals on it and see how it feels for you. But don't decide after just 1 try, keep doing it several times, you'll see improvement with more knowledge of the battle. The more you do a fight the better you will get.

If you'd rather have a more mobile caster, maybe check out Rdm. This class is very flexible and it's easy to get into its playstyle. It also brings some additional utility. Truth be told atm Rdm is even the better choice for many groups, due to its raises, cures and emboldens. If however you decide to stick with Blm, don't let it discourage you if you don't do well on a fight at first, as said before, we need to learn fights more than others.