A few questions for the BLM mains/enjoyers

[primarisgoazrr]

Yo BLMs, let me preface by saying I’m pretty mid at the job, I like playing it when I want to switch things up and see big numbers. With 7.0 around a year away I wanted to ask: What kind of QoL changes would you want to see, if any at all?

As for me I think the main things I want to see are a Leyline Reposition spell and reduced cast times on AOE spells.

I’d love to hear what you all have in mind

[Raikai]

Your Leylines suggestion makes a lot of sense, but I don't often think it because I don't really use BLM for multi-target content. Other than that, I don't really know if there are QoL to BLM's main tools that wouldn't invalidate job mechanics by making them overly easier. I suppose Ley Lines becoming Between the Lines? There's no reason to put them apart... Maybe another charge of Manaward.

It's funny, but BLM is one of the jobs that I'm looking forward the most into 7.0 because I simply have no idea what they can add to the job as a 'follow up' of what we current have. They would need to put an actual new mechanic to the job.

[LilimoLimomo]

The main QoL I'd love to have for BLM is when the target of an AoE spell you are in the middle of charging dies before your spell is actually cast, that the AoE spell still gets cast on the enemies in range of where that enemy was when it died (instead of failing to cast at all). In my opinion, this is the only thing that really feels bad about Black Mage right now, especially in faster-paced content like FATEs.

Other than that, the only QoL I'd like to see is for the timer for Umbral Ice to stay at max when outside of combat. Pressing Umbral Soul every 14 seconds isn't the end of the world, but it can get in the way of chatting, whether for strategy or fun. We can already tread water, so rather than requiring frequent input let's just automate it.

I'll second Ley Lines becoming Between the Lines; it just makes sense and with more incoming abilities anything they can do to reduce button bloat will be welcome. (though I already have this setup as a macro, it would be great for everyone who doesn't use macros)

[Eraden]

Mao quite happys with being BLMs. Mao wouldn't change much if anythings. Mao NOTS happy with EW fights though. Mao thinkings is gone overboards with more and more mechanics. Mao wonderings if trend continues, at what point do mechanics bleed into each other and become unavoidable damage due to inability for players to reacts fast enough.

[Soge01]

I'm a simple Black Mage. Give me more opportunities to blast even more powerful explosive spells and I'll be happy. :3

[Hasrat]

Yes, we've had one quad-Flare, but what about second quad-Flare?

[Ransu]

I'm not really sure what else there is to add/change for BLM. Aside from my personal dislike of leylines, the job itself is probably the most well designed job in the game and has maintained that throughout each expansion.

[Keichi]

What i would want:

- Zeta Flare (only Donald and one other is able to use it in the FF Franchise)
- Ultima (i want to have it, yet, after Pandae^^)

To be a little more serious:
I can not image much of addition or changes to the blm.
The leylines are one point, that can become better (more duration or shorter cd). Or, could even be removed, for more free buttons (it would be sad, about the magic circle).

Than, would it be nice, if the skill to add a shard for despair (and the other skill), is blocked, if you have allready 2 shards.
I press it sometimes by full charge, where it becomes useless.

A other point would be, to make fire 1-4 to a combo (or similary).
The biggest downside of the blm is, that he is a little boring to play. Because, you mostly use only one fire spell, until the time is low (the timer could be removed to), and use the flare spells as finisher.
Making the fire spell connected as a combo could feel better (similary to the meele classes).
Make fire to a dmg combo and ice to a combo to recharge your mp.

The next thing i would like is more variation in attacks.
Whe only shot one small firebolt to the enemy. Or summon flames under the enemy or above the enemy.
Even ice follow the same structur.

I would like it, would whe have some more kinds of spells, like a firewall. Or a line attack with a big fire beam (whe have that kind of attacks allready in Bozja).
The old ice 2 was in the right direction. Except, that it reach was to short.

The news spells can be simply changed forms of the old spells, to spare Button space.

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

Slash Ley Lines in half.

Half the CD, half the duration, two charges.

More flexible buff usage that isnt completely dependent how hard a fight bullsh**s you at the 2min interval. Also because 90s to 120s CD change was wholly unnecessary.

[Ransu]

Slash Ley Lines in half.

Half the CD, half the duration, two charges.

More flexible buff usage that isnt completely dependent how hard a fight bullsh**s you at the 2min interval. Also because 90s to 120s CD change was wholly unnecessary.

Honestly, that's not a horrible idea.