Quote Originally Posted by MicahZerrshia View Post
its not really my pacing tho, i actually nuke slower than other thms in the pt and avoid a full thundaga chain all together since that will make my blink red

on my first cast after tank gets hate and every else is also attacking I cast thunder > thundara glows > i wait for 3 seconds left on my chain timer to prevent an abundance of hate > thundara > I go red

then Im doing the delicate balancing act of standing on the yellow/red line the whole fight, 1 too many nukes i blink red. none of the other thms in the pt have this issue. I alway pace my chains so once thunder hits i wait til i have 2-3 seconds left on my timer to thundara. I avoid excruciate, dark seal or anything else that would make me crit or up my damage per nuke and sometimes I have to stand there doing very little while everyone else is going to town.

My damage doesnt seem to be that much different only my emnity generation which makes no sense to me since I have to nuke slooooowga comparitively and I have no emnity+ gears
Well, I can't really offer any other tips. I can relate though, unfortunately pacing is a fine art on mage classes and I wouldn't expect it to work out perfectly always. If you are running in a static, maybe your tank isn't doing the best job?

However, I would check out the FFXIV enmity testing done here: http://kanican.livejournal.com/54094.html - Granted it was done in 1.18, a lot of it still applies and gives a lot of insight on how the enmity generation works. I'd also suggest passing it on to your glad.