First point that BLM is underperforming damagewise goes without saying and SE have already commented on Umbral Soul and gaining mana at low levels. These are my suggestions for modifying the job to make it more fun:
- Remove Astral Fire timer so that you can cast more spells (like Xeno and Thunder) in your Fire phase without being punished. You are still limited by Mana so the timer makes no sense now that Enochion is a trait.
- Make it so that Fire IV and Blizzard IV have a shorter cast to recast so you can have a single 'weave window' during these casts. This will allow more flexibility to cast buffs/debuffs (like Triplecast and Manaward) when needed.
Then rethink the levelling experience, some jobs feel great at 50/60/70 etc. but others feel awful. Ninja and Astro at level 50 feel like reasonably complete jobs whereas on BLM you cast Fire I over and over this can't be right. I feel like a good alternative would be to give Fire IV at level 50 and give Blizzard IV and 60 that way at least at level 50 you have something more impactful to press.
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- Remove Astral Fire timer so that you can cast more spells (like Xeno and Thunder) in your Fire phase without being punished. You are still limited by Mana so the timer makes no sense now that Enochion is a trait.
- Make it so that Fire IV and Blizzard IV have a shorter cast to recast so you can have a single 'weave window' during these casts. This will allow more flexibility to cast buffs/debuffs (like Triplecast and Manaward) when needed.
Then rethink the levelling experience, some jobs feel great at 50/60/70 etc. but others feel awful. Ninja and Astro at level 50 feel like reasonably complete jobs whereas on BLM you cast Fire I over and over this can't be right. I feel like a good alternative would be to give Fire IV at level 50 and give Blizzard IV and 60 that way at least at level 50 you have something more impactful to press.
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