Thread: Please reconsider 7.0 BLM changes

I also can't believe people who don't play the job (and barely play the game!) are happy to celebrate as if they are gaining anything from such a unique and interesting class being gutted.

Haha this is how things work around here. Its happened at various times to the healers and tanks, for me it was when they gutted the phys ranged in one sweep for Stormblood, and then of course the infamous summoner rework in Endwalker.

In fact I distinctly remember some of you from back then. What goes around comes around eh? My condolences and welcome to the club.

Originally Posted by itu_

I actually can't believe they murdered BLM like this. I also can't believe people who don't play the job (and barely play the game!) are happy to celebrate as if they are gaining anything from such a unique and interesting class being gutted. A vibrant community had formed around black mage exploration and optimization, and we were excited and ready with all sorts of ideas and tools to approach the new version of the job. Now there's nothing. Nothing at all, everyone is leaving.

Anyone who does not understand what the flexibility and interesting parts of the job were that are now completely gone, this is a good place to start reading about it: https://www.thebalanceffxiv.com/jobs...dvanced-guide/

It is very clear by looking at the people in both sides of the argument, which side has the players that love and play the game. And it is sad.

Have you ever heard the saying? "Misery loves company"

people who are unhappy like to share their trouble with others

Well I poured one out for those that actually play BLM. I did some roulettes. But my smooth brain can only seem to play it as well as a RDM/SMN in terms of output (or 105-110% if I dont have to think about mechanics). I have failed (for someone who only plays it like once every 4-6 months for the lulz that isn't too bad I guess).

I have a learning disability so learning and executing static rotations well in harder fights is difficult for me. playing anything outside of healers felt weird & awkward. but then I started playing black mage and everything suddenly made sense. things clicked from the start and I loved how fluid everything was. having a simple but flexible tool kit that changed depending on the encounter not only made things easier for me but brought depth that made things so fun. I loved getting a feel for the way the job worked on my own such as timers and mp regen ticks and what worked where, and it was easy for me to casually freestyle it effectively. I went from being made fun of by friends for doing so little damage on something like DRG or RDM to them being amazed at how good I was at this job they thought was so hard. and I was so confused because it felt like the easiest dps job in the game to me.

the changes making the job play more like a static rotation scare me. I don't know how much impact they will have but they feel like a step in the wrong direction and eat away at the unique job playstyle. I know im probably not like most players but I hope my experiences show that its not always good to have jobs work similarly.

Originally Posted by etoilecat

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Try Picto. It's more fluid and does more damage before factoring in its raid buff... and it has a lot of cool raid buffs, including very good shields with HoTs on them.

Originally Posted by Galvuu

Try Picto. It's more fluid and does more damage before factoring in its raid buff... and it has a lot of cool raid buffs, including very good shields with HoTs on them.

1.) Final potencies have yet to be seen
2.) Even based on current potencies, is this taking into account BLM's +80% on Astral Fire III (Fire spells) and +30% from Enochian trait (all damage including Fire)? Because there is a lot of "hidden" potency there.

Originally Posted by Reinhardt_Azureheim

1.) Final potencies have yet to be seen
2.) Even based on current potencies, is this taking into account BLM's +80% on Astral Fire III (Fire spells) and +30% from Enochian trait (all damage including Fire)? Because there is a lot of "hidden" potency there.

https://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/jobguide/pictomancer/

Originally Posted by Reinhardt_Azureheim

1.) Final potencies have yet to be seen
2.) Even based on current potencies, is this taking into account BLM's +80% on Astral Fire III (Fire spells) and +30% from Enochian trait (all damage including Fire)? Because there is a lot of "hidden" potency there.

The finalized patch notes are out and people already had access to the final potencies for a while via certain methods.

The Balance discord knows how to math properly and factor in all those things.