Chad Mages What else would you want right now for our class

[PilotusAstero]

Title above explains it most importantly are we perfect the way we are or is a change in order to spice things up?

[Kabooa]

More lightning spells. Maybe even some sort of lightning based mechanic to shake up our AF/UI phases.

I just want a proper damn bolt spell, please.

[Kahnom]

The hell is chad mage ?

[Saefinn]

The hell is chad mage ?

The mortal enemy of Neckbeard Mages...


...I assume they mean Black Mage.

[Tint]

...I assume they mean Black Mage.

Well if that is the case...

Black Mages AoE rotation is a mess until lvl 68 or even 72. They have to fix that.

My suggestion:

Blizzard 2 should be cast on your target (instead of around yourself) and gets later upgraded into Freeze.
Fire 2 needs a serious look at, maybe upgrade it into something like "Burn" wich gives you AF3 so you can switch elements with that instead of Fire 3.
And let us cast ice spells without mana cost at lvl 50, because waiting for the mana tic after Flare is just not fun (and messes up muscle memory when you are synched).

[SpeckledBurd]

Black Mage is one of the best designed games in the moment right now, however I'd echo what Tint suggested.

Blizzard 2 being changed to low level Freeze normalizes the Umbral Ice phase of Black Mages AOE rotation throughout all levels. Making Fire 2 instantly switch you to AF3 removes the odd quirk of having to either do a Single Target Fire 3 during the AOE rotation to change or having your first Umbral Ice phase Flare being a damage gain in huge packs. Otherwise I think the job is great.

At that point the only two "Bad" skills the job will have are Sleep and Scathe.

[Kabooa]

It's worth noting that QOL traits we get at higher levels tends to fold back into everything at the next expansion, so I would expect "No MP ice spells" to be baseline by 6.0

[TraeSnow]

Honestly I just want SMN to stop being so clunky to play. I've mained SMN since launch of ARR and have always been loyal (Even in 2.0 where SMN was trash). It's getting really hard to lately due how clunky it feels, their AoE dps feels subpar and clunky.
I honestly just want SMN to be fun to play again and worth the effort of playing a difficult job.
Also...give me Shiva already >;c I've been waiting long enough for the best primal.

[Archwizard]

For BLM, my wishlist is still largely --

• Make Blizzard 2 upgrade into Freeze, and Fire 2 upgrade into Flare. You get more PPS out of Freeze spam than alternating Fire 2 anyway.
• Combine the button for Enochian with Fire 4 and Blizzard 4; combine the buttons for Ley Lines and Between the Lines; combine the buttons for Despair and Umbral Soul.
• Make Aspect Mastery affect Flare without consuming Umbral Hearts.
• Add a trait to make Blizzard 1 instant, and replace Scathe with a castable survival skill like an enhanced Drain. Expand the trait to make Fire 1 instant after Fire 4 is obtained.

... Which is honestly all QoL stuff.

As far as expanding? I'd like to see Burst/Surge/whatever "Ancient" equivalent there is to Thunder, and maybe a vortex skill like Nyelbert has as a Cardinal Virtue for gathering enemies up before nuking them.

[Kabooa]

Making fire 1 instant is a buff.