BLM Post-Patch, and where to go from here.

[Azebra]

EX2 is mostly free for blm's once you get the mechanics down, think the person just might found some overly complex way to process the mechanics. EX1 is far more annoying, because some mechanics get you close to using all movement resources and then depending on how the mechanics play out, you have to run around the arena back and forth, or just stand in place.

This is what I was saying yes, Ex1 is more intense movement wise but I found the mechanics easier to understand so I could focus on how to use my resources, versus Ex2 whose mechanics I found more difficult to conceptualize mentally so I had a rough time focusing on my rotation. This was likely just a me thing though, and I agree apart from the one section of the fight that I mentioned prior that ex2 is pretty straightforward on BLM and theres enough gaps between movement sections for stuff like triplecast to come back up.

Why not just remove the timers on Astral Fire and Umbral Ice? Timer's on any ability aren't fun anyway.

To each their own, I find the timers a lot of fun even though they make me mald when I drop because it gives a sense of mastering the class when you learn to get it down and understand when you can cast in a fight and get greedy vs play it safe. To me half the fun is in learning to work around the timers, I just think in the current state of the class the balance has been tipped where it feels more pressing than before. I don't think its so cut and dry to say "well the timers feel bad right now, so get rid ofthem altogether" stuff like fire phase being more busy and you can't cast fire 1 as a panic refresh because then you lose flare star or ice phase lacking paradox to refresh its timer are part of the reason it feels worse than before.