Hello guys,

One of the things that has always bugged me about the Black Mage is how you must watch for the Firestarter proc at the end of each cast of Fire. This means more time spent watching your hotbar/buffs and less time watching the fight. Perhaps this changes later in the game, but at level 70 it's a gripe that I don't think is necessary.

The mechanic reminds me of on-hit procs in World of Warcraft, and the fluid way they worked.

To summarise:
In Final Fantasy XIV:
You must cast Fire III to use your Firestarter buff before finishing another cast of Fire I, to prevent the possibility of overwriting—and therefore wasting—your Firestarter buff.

In World of Warcraft:
Upon gaining a Firestarter buff, you may finish casting another Fire I and then immediately chain a Fire III, using the buff before that Fire I's proc is calculated.

This means that you have time to notice that you've procced Firestarter during your next Fire I, and allow you to react in a much nicer attack flow.

Another nice feature is to have graphics that show you have procced things like Firestarter on the HUD, situated somewhere around the centre of the screen where you're likely to see it in your peripheral vision without having to look for it.

Let me know what you guys think. Are there other abilities on other jobs that could benefit from this proc-chaining change?