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.

[Incarne]

This is my rotation for BLM so far:

Blizzard 3 -> Thunder 3 -> Fire 1 -> Firestarter -> Swiftcast -> Fire 3 -> Blizzard 3

Blizzard 3 ( When 500 mp )

I throw in the 20% Damage buff when I start casting Fire and gain 3 stacks of Astral fire. When Firestarter procs, I like to cast swiftcast and follow it up with another Fire 3 just for the bonus burst before switching to Umbral Ice 3. Throw in TH whenever.

I dont instantly use Fire 3 after using Blizzard 3 because I wont spend as much mana right away unlike with with Astral Fire 3 when casting Fire 1. In the end, this allows more Fire 1 casts and best of all more chances for Firestarter to proc.

Also another good tip is to throw in this after that full combo up there:

Firestarter -> Swiftcast -> Fire 3 -> Blizzard 3 -> Scathe

Tell me what you think

[MochaLatte]

Where is the NPC for the level 35 class quest? I can't find it

[Mugaaz]

I think it's incorrect. I don't know why so many people think to open with B3 at full mana, it serves no purpose. If you had infinite mana, all you would do is cast F1 all day with firestarter procs, you want to maximize your fire time.

I think the lvl 50 rotation is: Swiftcast > F3 > F1 w/ firestarter until nearly OOM > B3 > T1/2 (not sure yet) > repeat
To people saying Convert is useless, I disagree. When you have bosses where you need to use flare clear a lot of adds quickly I like the following: Raging Strikes > Fire 2 until nearly OOM > Swiftcast > Flare > Transpose > Convert > Thunder 1/2 > Back to normal rotation

[Baldsalmon]

You cast B3 so you have umbral up while ur casting thunder and F3. Also so it reduced the cost of F3 so u have more mana for F1.

[WillyTheDog]

Just hit 30 and received BLM and I have a quick question. What gear and materia should I start using? Up until this point I've pretty much just used quest gear. Thanks in advance.

[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.