Quote Originally Posted by Swimfan91 View Post
Thanks for all your replies.

I was actually thinking trying Red Mage later on.

I think I'll also give the class another chance - at least until lv 40 after I have played the real Blackmage class for a bit. I have also noticed that I haven't gotten any passives yet. Maybe that stacking fire attunment will make the difference?!
I hate giving up :-P I was just really frustrated.
The stacks really do add up. At level 40 with full(3) stacks your Fire 1 spell(its the spell you spam until 60 for single target) is actually a potency 421 hit. Then the level 42 trait makes it sometimes(40%) proc a free insta-cast of Fire 3 at potency 561(this isnt your spamming spell though because it costs 2.5 times as much mana and casts slower). At max level, your spamming spell(Fire 4) is coming in with a potency over 800. You said you didnt feel the impact of your spells. As a Black Mage levels they feel this impact more and more strongly. I can be fighting a 24 man raid boss with millions of hp, but when i land a solid crit the health bar drops a noticable amount. Regular dungeon bosses? Even my light hits move the bar.

Oh, and dont sleep on your thunder spells. Even at your level, a Thunder 1 that lasts its full duration is the equivalent of a potency 270 hit. Thats stronger then a Fire 1, just spread over 18 seconds(it also keeps going, even if the target goes off screen or you have to stop attacking for some reason). A really strong use would be to cast Thunder while in your ice stance recovering mana, then transpose back to fire(when you have the mana) and let it do its thing. The level 28 trait makes this even more important, because every server tick you have a thunder dot running you have a chance to proc an even stronger thunder.

In the end you may find another class is right for you. But this class has yet to show you its true potential.