I thought there was actually a pretty high learning curve with BLM. Much more so than LNC and PUG. Between stacking the thunder DoT, sleeping adds, balancing umbral Ice with astral fire to maximize your damage output..... I love it; it's no longer just point and nuke.

Now we also have to keep in mind that the highest raid was level 32, and still many of my spells were not useable. Also when I would do Longstop as whm or tank you would notice in a second if it was someone's first time on blm due to the length of time mobs stayed alive.