Black magic...kinda sucks

[Bourne_Endeavor]

I spent a while bebating if I should point this out to two people so proud of themselves and patting themselves on the back, but yeah it needs pointing out. First off, this is a popularity vote which in turn is EXACTLY my point that BLM isn't as popular as other jobs. Second, while summoner went down...ALL the jobs went down. There were three new jobs in all three roles, so of course there would be a decrease so that isn't as important as by how much. BLM dropped 42% in that poll, and SMN only dropped 23% in people wanting to stay with the same job as a MAIN. Context is everything guys.

Because 4.0 Black Mage was literal trash. Despite being a supposed personal DPS king, it couldn't even out-perform Summoner in that category while offering nothing to the raid same Mana Shift and Apoc, which Summoner brought. Add to the fact, it has an obnoxious learning curve, and it's hardly a surprise people were switching off to Summoner or Red Mage. The 4.1 buffs have changed the landscape—making Black Mage closer to the monster DPS it was intended to be. Nevertheless, it will take time to shrug off the stigma it's built.

[Kabooa]

Because 4.0 Black Mage was literal trash..

As a career black mage, can confirm.

Once the shiney buttons wore off, you really got to see the problem, but they adjusted it in the Deltascape minipatch, with further adjustments through until now. It's not quite where it should be, but it's not nearly the handicap it was prior, even if the few really good ones were still stomping about the field.