Quote Originally Posted by Malkria View Post
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.