Looking at all the creativity in Black Mage's new and improved ad-hoc rotations from the community, I am pretty excited seeing what might happen in the future. I do hope that the team behind Black Mage's gameplay do take into account what people in the community have done going forward and have what they have done in the past.
With the new non-standard rotations coming up, I am disappointed that Flare Star does not come up often enough in these rotations due to the limitations of Astral Soul Charges. I hope that this can be changed in the future to allow the Astral Soul charges to carry over in umbral ice.
My belief is that Black Mage should be an advanced difficulty job (in this instance having a less restricting job mechanic), I believe that a few jobs in each role should be considered advanced difficulty for those that seek and desire it, and I hope that for a game that's been around for 11 years going on 12, we can have that.
If it is a major cause for concern to have Black Mage considered an "advanced" job, I'd consider directly informing the player that it isn't an easy job to master.
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With the new non-standard rotations coming up, I am disappointed that Flare Star does not come up often enough in these rotations due to the limitations of Astral Soul Charges. I hope that this can be changed in the future to allow the Astral Soul charges to carry over in umbral ice.
My belief is that Black Mage should be an advanced difficulty job (in this instance having a less restricting job mechanic), I believe that a few jobs in each role should be considered advanced difficulty for those that seek and desire it, and I hope that for a game that's been around for 11 years going on 12, we can have that.
If it is a major cause for concern to have Black Mage considered an "advanced" job, I'd consider directly informing the player that it isn't an easy job to master.
Continue reading...