BLM AOE Rotation

[daespinoza]

I know that casting Flare after Freeze makes it go off faster, but wouldn't it be more efficient to first cast Fire III after Freeze to get the Astral Fire damage bonus for the two Flares?

[Rongway]

I know that casting Flare after Freeze makes it go off faster, but wouldn't it be more efficient to first cast Fire III after Freeze to get the Astral Fire damage bonus for the two Flares?

Here are some quick numbers (Not accounting for Thunder IV, Foul, and oGCDs, which would just increase numbers all around)

[Gruntler]

I know that casting Flare after Freeze makes it go off faster, but wouldn't it be more efficient to first cast Fire III after Freeze to get the Astral Fire damage bonus for the two Flares?

Rongway has the hard bruteforce math, but think of a different question:

'Wouldn't it be more efficient to do only an AoE rotation, instead of interrupting your AoE to do minor single target damage?'

Not to mention, single target damage doesn't always affect the time-to-die of an AoE pack, which means that it doesn't always count in terms of efficiency.

[daespinoza]

I didn't even think of it that way. Thank you so much for the input!