Thread: BLM itemization in 5.4 is a problem.

Originally Posted by HaroldSaxon

Bumping this as this severely affects BLM for the upcoming ultimate, putting it at a severe disadvantage compared to other DPS classes.

When people realized how overturned SMN, they were explicitly asked about debuffing SMN before TEA.
They said they understood the problem but were leaving it.

I'm not sure we can expect them to increase/rebalance the substats on BLM's weapon (or other gear) before the Ultimate then. Especially if there is any truth to thoughts like this:

Originally Posted by Lastelli

Honestly I think this is a way to indirectly nerf the job since as it stands, after the smn nerf, it's the higher rdps caster by a not insignificant margin, at least according to fflogs data. The lower vit won't be a problem: -5 vit points won't kill you and BLM is the only caster with a self defensive skill that can be effectively and easily used during an enounter. So at the end of the day, it's just a very slight relative damage nerf to bring it closer to the other two casters I suppose. The devs probably thought it was the best way to do it. I agree that the amount of tomestones you have to spend for the sps bis is a bit excessive though.