Asking for a minor change to BLM

[Kranel_San]

I'd like to ask for a minor change regarding Blizzard IV & Fire IV (As well as Freeze & Flare) to have one button similar in function to how GNB continuation and SMN gemshine work. Seeing as a BLM can't cast them without having either Astral Fire/Umbral Ice active.

[Archwizard]

Blizzard 4/Fire 4; Flare/Freeze; Despair/Umbral Soul...

Ley Lines and Between the Lines, to boot...

[Ferrinus]

Blizzard 4/Fire 4; Flare/Freeze; Despair/Umbral Soul...

Ley Lines and Between the Lines, to boot...

These are all common-sense, no-downside consolidations that would make room for new spells in the future.

I actually like having a lot of buttons - it really sells being a master wizard with a lot of different spells at their fingertips - but it feels best when those buttons represent meaningful choices which are better or worse than each other based on context or the state of your elemental gauge. If, in a pair of buttons, one or the other will always be greyed out, then hotbar space is being consumed for no return.

[Seraphor]

I think BLM could do with better button consolidation.

Fire II upgrading to Flare.
Blizzard II upgrading to Freeze.

But having B4 and F4 share a buttonn would just mean you're mashing the same button for 90% of your rotation
How dull.

[Archwizard]

Fire II upgrading to Flare.
Blizzard II upgrading to Freeze.

While I was on board up through Shadowbringers, unfortunately for that train, they now exist for completely different purposes.

But having B4 and F4 share a buttonn would just mean you're mashing the same button for 90% of your rotation
How dull.

... so exactly like now, but one more press every 35-ish seconds to add the single B4 for Paradox per rotation? You make it sound like fusing B4 into F4 would shift that paradigm significantly.

[NorthernLadMSP]

Black Mage does have a lot of button bloat.