Black Mage

[Shiroe]

blm have a harder time on almost all end raid content than othet jobs when its new..., just some (recently the majority) stay hardest for blm compared to other classes

[Llugen]

So what do you folks think would be the most LIKELY fix to the job in 4.2? As much as I like tossing around creative suggestions, I know that many of them are not practical for a "hotfix"/patch but should be saved for the next expansion, so here's my list:

Increase of proc timers to 30 seconds
Increase Thunder III DoT to 30 seconds
Potency of Fire IV/Blizzard IV increase to 280
Convert recast reduced or MP reward increased
Reduced recast of Aetherial Manipulation to 15s or 10s (please please please please)
Potency of Fire I increase..? Maybe?
I can still pray for that suggested Freeze fix, and honestly it sounds like that wouldn't be all that hard to implement either.

[Remedi]

i think it does resemble what they would normally do

[Llugen]

Another quality of life thing I’d love to see is a change to Umbral so there is less reliance on server ticks for MP. It could give MP the way that things like Void Fire and Pyretic work with HP but in reverse.

[zuzu-bq]

Another quality of life thing I’d love to see is a change to Umbral so there is less reliance on server ticks for MP. It could give MP the way that things like Void Fire and Pyretic work with HP but in reverse.

People been asking this on OF since 2.0.

[Remedi]

Generally speaking SE should change how things like TP/MP gain are handled from a gain every 3 secs to something like wow where the gain is dinamic

edit: now it's: X every 3 secs
while dinamically woulòd be: X OVER 3 secs

[Sylvain]

Just add :
enochian refresh Astral fire / umbra ice

And I think we're set.
The best would be "fester refresh af/UI duration"

[Silver-Strider]

I'd prefer if Sleep was remade into something more useful such as:

Curse
Instant. 180 CD
Increase target's magic damage taken by 10%
Duration: 20s

This gets rid of a more or less useless skill (outside of niche uses) gives them a Raid Utility skill (albeit a minor one) and increase their own damage.

[Shiroe]

I'd prefer if Sleep was remade into something more useful such as:

Curse
Instant. 180 CD
Increase target's magic damage taken by 10%
Duration: 20s

This gets rid of a more or less useless skill (outside of niche uses) gives them a Raid Utility skill (albeit a minor one) and increase their own damage.

a magic vun could help blm (and caster comps) overall..., but would prefer if it didnt need an extra button/new move, instead be applied by B4 or T3 (dots)

[Silver-Strider]

a magic vun could help blm (and caster comps) overall..., but would prefer if it didnt need an extra button/new move, instead be applied by B4 or T3 (dots)

My problem with that is it would make BLM have a permanent (or near permanent) magic vuln debuff and while it would be a boon to BLM, it would probably be too much of a buff in general. Unless they limited the buff to benefit the BLM alone, which defeats the purpose of my suggestion in making it a raid utility skill, it would make BLM the DRG of casters with other casters demanding a BLM to boost their damage.