Burst - Any Plans?

[Black_Rose]

BLM needs manafont back.Burst should have never ended up as a 15 min skill.
WHM gets a free full cure every 15 min, BLM should get a free Combo nuke every 15 min!
Make burst like Flare, make a non-combo skill out of it, that adds paralyze or stun with high success rate, and add Manafont!

[Fated]

I once thought it needed to be addressed, but I think that was premature thinking. It was most likely designed to be used with Convert and it is most effective when doing so. A very low HP Burst should be out damaging Thundaga. If it doesn't then something is wrong.

Hundred Fists isn't very useful, Mighty Strikes is basically just a one time Steel Cyclone upgrade, Dragonfire Dive is pathetic, Hallowed Ground is decent but still being able to get hit by ranged physical attacks is dumb. Burst is probably better than all of these.

Benediction is useful in most circumstances if your party is grouped and Battle Voice is the only 15 minute that is just plain awesome.

[syntaxlies]

i think burst damage is good, at very low (10-50) hp it does the same damage as an aga. I do think it can be improved though,
i dont think it should have to combo to get the low hp bonus
they should add a dot or debuff to it so that it isnt identical to thundaga.

[Amherst]

Really now? Come on people. The last thing BLM needs is a buff of any kind.

[syntaxlies]

Really now? Come on people. The last thing BLM needs is a buff of any kind.

maybe if they added a party buff to burst that would grant shock spikes to members in range of target.

[Drazzan]

Really now? Come on people. The last thing BLM needs is a buff of any kind.

It isn't a job buff, just something more useful than another DD spell which as people have already stated, takes far too much MP and situational prowess to even utilise it's full potential; which is laughable.

Last time I checked Warrior seemed to be the best job in the game. Just because people can stack it to kill a Primal doesn't make it the best.

[Krausus]

yeah they should lower all BLM damage so that burst stands out =P. Seriously though it is underwhelming but maybe they should have given you something that wasn't another damage ability since BLM already puts out a ton of damage.

[Drazzan]

maybe they should have given you something that wasn't another damage ability since BLM already puts out a ton of damage.

This is all I'm asking.
If there is any plans to change Burst to a different ability that is more useful than another damaging spell that isn't needed. There are plenty of routes they could go for a useful fifteen minute ability.

[mikoto_qc]

Great post ^^ I do agree with you. I usely do more damage with ( Thundaga + Excruciate )than ( Burst+ really low HP + Excruciate ) both in combo or equal Damage. I think a 15 min spell should be more effective then any other spell.

[Drazzan]

Great post ^^ I do agree with you. I usely do more damage with ( Thundaga + Excruciate )than ( Burst+ really low HP + Excruciate ) both in combo or equal Damage. I think a 15 min spell should be more effective then any other spell.

Thank You for your contribution. Hopefully the developers and community reps will notice this.