DPS Potential....

[Drenaye]

I'm posting this here because I'm DPS class, and I didn't see anywhere else to post. If I've posted in the wrong place, please let me know.

I've been playing the game for a little while now, but I'm still very newbish to the way rotations are used. I've looked up example rotation and hot-bar set ups and they're all very confusing to read and most of them are set up for lvls 60+.

I'm looking for some guidance to get the most out of my BLM.

This is the current set up I have.

[Rongway]

Put Fire II and Thunder II on your bars. You'll be using Thunder II/IV forever, and Fire II until 68. Use these on groups. Keep Thunder II up. Procs instant Thunder II for 150 potency per target, plus DoT. Fire II is 144 per target.

For single target, until 60 (58? I haven't done the SB sub-60 math--in HW Blizzard IV without Fire IV was a damage loss):
Thunder III, Fire III, spam Fire, use Firestarter and Thundercloud procs when available, Blizzard III, repeat. Flare only when it's possible to Swiftcast-Flare-Convert.

[Rawrz]

Get rid of Drain and Erase and put Diversion and Manashift instead. Your tanks and healers will appreciate it.

As for hotbars, don't forget that there is such thing as the extended hotbar. I have mine set to show the same hotbar no matter the order it's pressed. Google extended hotbar setup if you'd like. :0

Skills like: Sleep, Freeze, and Surecast you can stick on your backest of Bars. You will use them very infrequently, but they should be placed. Everything else you should be able to fit on your main/extended hotbar.

[AppleJinx]

For role skills you don't really need drain and erase. Replace them with diversion and apocatastasis or lucid dreaming. If you are going to use apocatastasis though, use this marcro: /ac "Apocatastasis" <tt> so you can throw it on the tank automatically without having to switch targets.

[Drenaye]

For role skills you don't really need drain and erase. Replace them with diversion and apocatastasis or lucid dreaming. If you are going to use apocatastasis though, use this marcro: /ac "Apocatastasis" <tt> so you can throw it on the tank automatically without having to switch targets.

I don't know how to set up macros......do I just copy and paste what you wrote there and take the icon and put it on my bar?

[Tsubaki75]

For role skills you don't really need drain and erase. Replace them with diversion and apocatastasis or lucid dreaming.

A BLM will never need lucid dreaming, instead grab mana shift to help out your healers

[Seraphiime]

A BLM will never need lucid dreaming, instead grab mana shift to help out your healers

it halves enmity, BLM i know use it on cooldown

[Rawrz]

it halves enmity, BLM i know use it on cooldown

Manashift still brings more party utility. If youre using diversion, you should be ok

[Nezia]

Manashift still brings more party utility. If youre using diversion, you should be ok

I'd love if this were true.

[VitalSuit]

A BLM will never need lucid dreaming, instead grab mana shift to help out your healers

A BLM doesn't even really need diversion tbh, Lucid Dreaming is far better for aggro management for bosses.