Thread: Please reconsider 7.0 BLM changes

Originally Posted by Turtledeluxe

If PCT ends up doing more dps than BLM

Pretty sure PCT out damages everything except RPR and maybe SAM. Still waiting on final numbers/funny spreadsheet site update, but this might be the worst .0 balance since ARR.
(I play Picto, it's bonkers)

Originally Posted by Turtledeluxe

It seems like every .0 patch that devs have to be reminded that damage is the only reason to play BLM. It does not have party utility or mitigation worth considering compared to other jobs, so being a selfish dps is literally all it is. BLM was buffed during EW, if I am not mistaken, which put it more along the lines of SAM aDPS. If PCT is doing more aDPS than BLM that just doesn't make any sense.

And I especially expect it given all the other changes that need to be tolerated with the rotation rework no one asked for.

Between the new expansion quality and the state of jobs, I'm not sure if this game has a budget problem or what the deal is. It seems like several aspects of the game are on auto pilot for a major new launch. It isn't just BLM that is scuffed, and many others have been long since wrecked with no feedback acknowledged.

Is possibles that this just cynical move on part of SE to get more moneys? "Come play DT and become Pictomancer! Can be best DPS character evers (until next flavor comes with next expansion)".

Originally Posted by Eraden

Is possibles that this just cynical move on part of SE to get more moneys? "Come play DT and become Pictomancer! Can be best DPS character evers (until next flavor comes with next expansion)".

Don't attribute to malice what can easily be explained by incompetence.

There are a lot of things in Dawntrail that feel like they were built in an environment without enough time or resources or both. Flare Star was an intentional choice to restrict BLM and make it seem more accessible, but numbers are almost certainly an oversight that will be fixed with the new balance patch.

SE gains nothing from having people who already bought the expansion switching from BLM to PCT.

The most likely explanation for why DT BLM is like this is that they were designing around DT content and didn't playtest it at lower levels at all. Which is a major problem, and the MP regen desperately needs revisiting, but makes more sense than deliberate malice.

Originally Posted by wildvenonat

The most likely explanation for why DT BLM is like this is that they were designing around DT content and didn't playtest it at lower levels at all. Which is a major problem, and the MP regen desperately needs revisiting, but makes more sense than deliberate malice.

DT continues the EW trend of mechanics that are disproportionately harsh for casters (even in dungeons, there's a ton of constant movement).
I defo don't think DT design is well-suited for BLM at all, at least so far. Picto has more mobility and even there you can feel the struggle sometimes.
I really think they have no clue what they're doing.

Originally Posted by koko-on-da-forumz

Don't attribute to malice what can easily be explained by incompetence.

There are a lot of things in Dawntrail that feel like they were built in an environment without enough time or resources or both. Flare Star was an intentional choice to restrict BLM and make it seem more accessible, but numbers are almost certainly an oversight that will be fixed with the new balance patch.

SE gains nothing from having people who already bought the expansion switching from BLM to PCT.

Is possible that maybe is more due to incompetence than greed. Note: Mao nots saying SE full of malice. Mao saying SE mights be greedy. SE maybe nots trying get BLMs to switch to Picto. SE mights be trying attract NEW customers with OP job. Mao once saw something like this in CCG that Mao used to play called "L5R". Each new expansion the company whats made game would make one faction deliberatesly overpowered because thems knew that peoples would buy more cards and play that faction. Mao hateds that.