What if leylines had permanent duration

[Vandso]

Just like Dance Partner, once you use the spell it's there for the rest of the fight. The reuse will just change the position of the leylines. Would this make BLM broken? Easier? Better? Worse? What do you think?

[OgruMogru]

Thanks, I hate it.

[Tint]

Would cause clipping issues when you have to activate it everytime you reposition yourself.

Would remove skill ceiling when you don't have to plan the usage anymore.

Would damage the feel of the job when it has constantly shorter cast times. At the moment BLM is the only job in the game which is usually slower than the GCD due to long cast times. And yes, some people prefer the slower pace.

[LilimoLimomo]

It would definitely add a lot of utility, since you could setup a permanent teleport location for use with Between the Lines. That part I wouldn't mind, as that sort of stuff seems fun.

But it would also introduce even more pressure to always stand in one exact spot, because now optimal play doesn't just mean standing in one spot during Leylines windows, but for the full duration of the fight. Personally, I'm not a fan of that. I'd rather have "phases" of my Black Mage play that are more mobile and phases that are less mobile, rather than a single monolithic "stand right here" phase.

[Aword3213]

it's an interesting idea, but it needs something to compensate.

Maybe something like changing location of leylines will incur 60s cooldown or something

[Denji]

in a lot of the later fights the arena changes over time. this would just result in blm being even bigger floortanks than usual and sending themselves hurtling off edges and into insta-death spots.

[EgilTheStressedMage]

No. Black Mage does not need to be any stronger.

[Bonoki]

I recall Yoshi-P once mentioning that they thought about having Ley Lines follow the Black Mage but I forget the exact reason why they didn't do it.

[Denji]

No. Black Mage does not need to be any stronger.

yoship already got a massive amount of flak for the time where it seemed (keyword: seemed) like he gave blms a super-giga buff in pvp immediately after releasing a bunch of housing/glam stuff that worked best on lalas and hroths/vieras (and partially au ra/roes) were screwed out of either from being too big or the equipment not appearing on them or other such nonsense that unfortunately coincided with the new housing lotto system immediately breaking. so he was already facing accusations for favouring lalas and rigging the housing system.

the pvp buff was so absurd it wasn't even funny and he even had to write a massive apology for it. can you imagine if they got unlimited leylines? the forums would explode.

I recall Yoshi-P once mentioning that they thought about having Ley Lines follow the Black Mage but I forget the exact reason why they didn't do it.

probably the ability they have that allows you to teleport to your leylines to get to safety or to return to them faster after rushing out.

[Swordsman]

Just like Dance Partner, once you use the spell it's there for the rest of the fight. The reuse will just change the position of the leylines. Would this make BLM broken? Easier? Better? Worse? What do you think?

It would probably make BLM broken as hell. Why do you want it to be permanent?