Black Mage

[NoctusT]

Since you touched on this, that's why I disliked TC refreshing AF or UI (aside from not fitting thematically)- having refreshes depend on rng procs makes the job even more rng dependant. The less rng the better, imho. It's already very "swingy" as far as getting lucky procs to handle mechanics go (or getting procs at appropriate times to get a TC in with all the buff/debuffs).

IMO our rotation is already that rng dependent as you stated. And even with 1900 sps you still can’t pull off certain things. For example, if you use a sharp thunder opener, and you get a thundercloud proc right before/during your fire 3 cast, you will have to drop a fire iv there in your over all rotation to fit in that extra thundercloud proc in phase 1 of astral fire. So it will end up something like fire iv x 3 > tc > fire 1 > fire iv x 4 with another fire 1 somewhere there in that second astral fire. So instead of 8 fire iv you end up with 7 and a thunder cloud proc with two fire 1 casts.

Now this is a specific example but there are other situations like this as well. So having TC refresh our AF/UI timers will give us some much needed breathing room. In the example I provided above, you’re already praying for fire 1 to proc firestarter so you can fit in all 8 fire iv casts. So having TC refresh your stacks would be very helpful and it would be more of a quality of life change than anything.

I do agree with you on the point of hating TCrng. It’s a great feeling when you proc TC right after hardcasting a thunder in a trick window. /s

TL;DR - our job is already that rng dependent on praying for firestarter procs. TC refreshing astral fire of umbral ice would be a nice quality of life change. Getting foul then hardcasting thunder into a trick window feels good until you get a TC proc in the middle of your B4 cast. In that case you just wanna drink some bleach.