A concerned Blue Mage, concerned about..certain..Blue Mage spells. improvement ideas.

[Anahlise_Auhn_Giinslai]

Your aqua breath change for example will turn aqua breath into another song of torment with half the duration and to that I say no thanks, keeping song of torment up full time is annoying enough and you want to add a second one that we have to upkeep twice as much? Did you ever play BRD or SMN in ARR when their DoTs had different durations? It made them a rotational nightmare, not to mention you’d have to bristle both spells each time so you’d need to be 1 GCD ahead at all times.

If DoT duration is the only issue, I can just re-calculate my rebalance, to shift it to 30 second duration. I will update the entry with a new alternative...

I agree that a lot of old BLU spells could use a rework or an update based on how BLU has evolved, but having read through your suggestions the only one I can fully get on board with is loom.

A better question is why Loom was not as I suggest in the first place. >.>;
If you pay close attention to Flame Sergeant Dalvag, Baalzephon, Dantalion, and Phantom Knight, the moment when they use Loom, and you examine the Loom animation; there is no delay at all, they immediately phase to your position... There is no sign of a cast delay, as they cast Loom immediately, and there is no sign of a designate location delay, they immediately phase to your position.
Loom by all within reason evaluation, should be either similar to Dancer's En Avant, or Black Mage's Aetherial Manipulation, but to target a enemy instead of a ally.