New BLM spells in 5.0 Speculation

[Burningskull]

So. Do they go up to Fire 5 and Blizzard 5? I'm thinking that since the LB3 is Meteor BLM will either get Comet or Ultima at some point... maybe both... I see Ultima as a "This is the end of the game expansion spell" tho so... My money's on Comet.

Also I kinda wish they would rename the Fire and Blizzard spells. I think Fire 2 should be Fira, thus making Fire 3 > Fire 2 and Fire 4 > Fire 3. same for Blizzard. Thunder should get the same treatment where the AoE moves are the -ara and -aga versions while the single target ones are just 1 and 2.

Also Freeze is supposed to be an Ancient magic like Flare so I kinda wish it was a better spell to use... like maybe make Blizzard 2 a target AoE instead of a AoE centered around you that combo's into Freeze?

OH and just had a thought, since we are becoming the Warrior's of Darkness do you think there is a chance we get the spells Demi or Dark?

[Nighthawky2010]

Good ideas. I think i have never used Freeze...lol

[MorbolvampireQueen6]

i just wish they would make new fire a split spell called fira firage etc

[WaterShield]

So. Do they go up to Fire 5 and Blizzard 5? I'm thinking that since the LB3 is Meteor BLM will either get Comet or Ultima at some point... maybe both... I see Ultima as a "This is the end of the game expansion spell" tho so... My money's on Comet.

Also I kinda wish they would rename the Fire and Blizzard spells. I think Fire 2 should be Fira, thus making Fire 3 > Fire 2 and Fire 4 > Fire 3. same for Blizzard. Thunder should get the same treatment where the AoE moves are the -ara and -aga versions while the single target ones are just 1 and 2.

Also Freeze is supposed to be an Ancient magic like Flare so I kinda wish it was a better spell to use... like maybe make Blizzard 2 a target AoE instead of a AoE centered around you that combo's into Freeze?

OH and just had a thought, since we are becoming the Warrior's of Darkness do you think there is a chance we get the spells Demi or Dark?

I always thought that caster LB2 was Comet... I could be wrong though.

Edit: I was actually thinking of the appearance of Meteor in FF8. Starstorm reminds me of that. My mistake!

[Kurando]

I always thought that caster LB2 was Comet... I could be wrong though.

Yeah it's called Starstorm, it's more like a rain of comets than a single one which is what I imagine they were thinking. Although that's where LB3 comes in to it with BLM's Meteor...

[Nabril]

I don't know... I wondering if we'll actually go back to having a rotation. Right now, it's all about how many times we can push Fire IV while moving around and not losing Enochian and replenishing mana.

[SahreeYurblu]

I hope they'll remove the Enochian Button and just make Fire III and Blizzard III automatically apply it as a buff once you're level 52.

[Burningskull]

What are your thoughts on Drain? I feel like it should be a BLM only spell in 5.0 that allows them some survivability when solo. It needs to be more powerful but I'm not sure how you do that without making it OP with their infinite mana. Having a Cool down maybe?

[Kazrah]

I'm thinking a Thunder 5 spell that can only be used during Enochian and with a Thundercloud proc, Fire 6 and Blizzard 6 to replace Fire 2 and Blizzard 2 respectively, and a cooldown that makes your next two or three Fire 3 spells cost no MP. Not too sure they'd want to touch the current single-target rotation so much.

[Alestorm]

One adjustment I could see is whenever Enochian active Fire I and Blizzard I upgrade into Fire/Blizzard IV. Maybe see Fire/Blizzard II get an upgrade (maybe be the level V version?)