BLM

[Incarne]

Another problem I have is certain skills for the BLM is kind of useless. Apocatastasis for example, only being able to cast it on other people is really a let down and I think this skill just needs to be replaced with something else. Instead of having 3 Thunder skills that do the same thing, why not have one do an AoE dot or another being direct damage? Surecast isn't even on my hotbar. Fire 2 doesnt seem worth the cast, Legarthy seems useless, Freeze is nice but needs an instant cast, and Manawall seems like more of a pvp skill. I hope future updates improve skills n stuff.

[nota]

Would like to see Convert changed to a much lower cd, 90 sec or 60 sec. This would allow for more Swiftcast -> Flare -> Convert usage. 3 min cd to allow for the proper usage of our lvl 50 job skill is poor design.

[zandervont]

I'm wondering what's the reasoning of caster classes/jobs having Hawk's Eye, as it clearly says "physical accuracy".
And more on the BLM, any reason on why Ruin is on our list, as I can't think of any situation to use it at all.

[1stIcecube]

OK I will check this today but I thought if Astral Fire is out and you use a Ice spell it cancels Astral Fire. I thought this would be the whole reason for using transpose so you don't have to cancel it out at all. I know it wont take you to Astral or Umbral II/III right away but its just one hit away, versus cancelling your self out and having to hit 3 fires just to get to Astral III.

I use this on mobs Blizz>Thunder2>Transpose>Fire>Scathe>Fire>Scathe>till 100 or so MP hit transpose>Thunder>Blizz>Scathe>Blizz>Tranpose>Fire>Scathe>Fire>Scathe>till 100 or so MP hit transpose. I will throw in a thunder2 again if the max icon pops up. But i feel like this rotation did way more dmg then just the crappy DOT thunder and waiting on Fire and Ice cooldowns. Scathe does good dmg when it crits and doubles plus t cost 25% as much as Fire at Astral 2 level. Plus it does not interfere with the time cycle of Fire,Ice, or thunder and is pretty much instant cast.

[shinros]

So question I just got blizzard 3 should I be using blizz 3 and fire 3 to move between UI and AF? Instead of transpose? Since both spells put me into UI 2 and AF 2 straight away.

[-Snow]

So question I just got blizzard 3 should I be using blizz 3 and fire 3 to move between UI and AF? Instead of transpose? Since both spells put me into UI 2 and AF 2 straight away.

Yes, with 3 Stacks UI/AF (lvl 40) you also get an 50% casttime boost for the next fire/ice spell. (UI for fire/AF for ice)

So you can switch pretty fast between AF and UI with Fire3/Blizz3. (+ some extra damage)

Tip: with some good timing (or button smashing :P) you can have 2! fire spells with 50% decreased casttime.

[SzaaKarna]

anyone tested on training dummy? I would but I'm at work - seems like an easy question to put to rest for rotation dmg

[Yooner]

So question I just got blizzard 3 should I be using blizz 3 and fire 3 to move between UI and AF? Instead of transpose? Since both spells put me into UI 2 and AF 2 straight away.

gives you level 3 AF, UI right away. so you should use blizzard3 and fire3 for UI <-> AF switching purpose, yes.

[Ilion]

Has anyone actually done the math?

[Coephoros]

You really shouldn't swiftcast Fire3 while in umbral. You are already constrained by the GCD, and you lose your ability to sneak in an extra Fire before the Astral buff kicks in.

One other note: as above poster points out, one T3 while under Umbral 3 is usually enough time to regen to full. But if you time it correctly, you can fire off Fire3 and recover full mana before it lands. Not much, but somes enough to add another fire at the end of your rotation, or immediate T3 after switching to Umbral.