Quote Originally Posted by fulminating View Post
It also suffers from the riveting gameplay of casting ruin 3 lots while waiting on the phoenix buff because high concept 2 always comes along at the same time and there’s no flexibility in how you play it and prematurely bahamuting would be a hilarious dps loss comparatively. Builder spender that operates from debt sounds a lot more interesting than the reality.
'We need to delay buffs by 25s because of this mechanic being trash to try and get damage out in (eg pinax), we don't lose a use of the buffs'

Old SMN: Okay I can hold Bahamut and Searing Light for 25s, filling the gap with one extra Egi Assault 1 and 2 to not overcap, the 2 Ruin IV procs, and then the Ruin III's I'd be casting with Bahamut out anyway

New SMN: My whole rotation falls apart because of this, and I am forced to spam my weakest spell for 25 seconds unless I want to misalign from raidbuffs (which is a bigger DPS loss)

I think this is what people mean by 'Old SMN was more versatile' maybe?