Quote Originally Posted by Pyitoechito View Post
Agreed, but you neglected the atrocious AoE rotation. High Fire/Blizzard II deserve some love (and not just having High Fire II as a phase switcher).
Bad news - you dont even use them as stance switchers. It's more damage efficient to swap exclusively with Transpose and only use Freeze, Flare and Flare Star as your ice and fire spells. If you don't have a good time to refresh AOE thunder or dont have Foul, cast Freeze twice, then Transpose.

Quote Originally Posted by Inosaska View Post
I don't think the BLM AoE was ever good. It would be nice if they improved it.
They could make it good by literally reverting the changes to Fire II, Blizzard II and their high variants they did with Dawntrail. the -40 potency on the high spells as well as the removal of the enhanced Flare effect on F2/HF2 are literally what made the AOE go from actually acceptable to atrocious.