Very basic BLM question

[ClaudiusAntonitus]

At 60 trying to learn BLM rotation. What I've read begins with B3/Eno/T3/B4 but when I get to B4 I get an interrupt, even if just at a target dummy?

[Komaru_Tatoro]

what do you mean interrupt?

[Mikey_R]

The only time it could get interrupted is if you move or you lose Umbral Ice, and thus lose Enochian. I doubt you are moving when you are attacking a dummy, so it would mean Umbral Ice is falling off, which means you are casting way too slow as it is really easy to fit the cast for T3 and B4 into the UI timer and have plenty of time spare.

[wereotter]

The only time it could get interrupted is if you move or you lose Umbral Ice, and thus lose Enochian. I doubt you are moving when you are attacking a dummy, so it would mean Umbral Ice is falling off, which means you are casting way too slow as it is really easy to fit the cast for T3 and B4 into the UI timer and have plenty of time spare.

This is what I was thinking.

What's your spell speed? If that stat is too low, it's possible you're losing Umbral Ice before you get to cast Blizzard 4, though that should be unlikely.

[Rongway]

What's your spell speed? If that stat is too low, it's possible you're losing Umbral Ice before you get to cast Blizzard 4, though that should be unlikely.

Even with base spell speed and 0% cast time reduction, Enochian -> Thunder III -> Blizzard IV is at most 6s out of the 13s Umbral Ice timer.

At 60 trying to learn BLM rotation. What I've read begins with B3/Eno/T3/B4 but when I get to B4 I get an interrupt, even if just at a target dummy?

Press the button for the next spell before the current spell finishes casting, so that you begin casting the next spell immediately. As a BLM, your DPS relies on pumping out spell after spell without any gaps between spells. This will be a simple matter on a dummy. In real situations, you'll need to figure out how best to fit your spells into the current fight's mechanics and boss rotations so that you can continue to dish out all the splodies with minimal down time. Keep practicing on the dummy until you can press all the buttons without having to think about them, so that when you're against a live target, you can focus on the mechanics instead of the rotation.

[Komaru_Tatoro]

Keep practicing on the dummy until you can press all the buttons without having to think about them, so that when you're against a live target, you can focus on the mechanics instead of the rotation.

^this. get it to the point where you can autopilot skill rotation and worry only about mechanics.

[mikanana]

start with fire then when MP is almost none, switch to blizzard until its the MP bar is full, then back to fire, you should have no problems

Tip if you don't know, use fire or blizzard (no fire IV or blizzard IV, depending on your current stance) to reset the countdown, more time to freeze/burn shit up

[Jukebox12]

start with fire then when MP is almost none, switch to blizzard until its the MP bar is full, then back to fire, you should have no problems

Tip if you don't know, use fire or blizzard (no fire IV or blizzard IV, depending on your current stance) to reset the countdown, more time to freeze/burn shit up

That is just wrong here mate you lose about 3 fire4s

[Jukebox12]

That is just wrong here mate you lose about 3 fire4s

Not to mention the ticks from thunder 3

[chocopoko]

The only time it could get interrupted is if you move or you lose Umbral Ice, and thus lose Enochian. I doubt you are moving when you are attacking a dummy, so it would mean Umbral Ice is falling off, which means you are casting way too slow as it is really easy to fit the cast for T3 and B4 into the UI timer and have plenty of time spare.

using a keyboard and mouse would sometimes do this. coming from MOBA where skills are "QWEDFR" and 6 items slots use alt+"QWE ASD", I opted to put some skills on WASD with modifiers (ctrl, shift, alt) and it would sometimes interrupt my cast depending on when I let go of the modifier.