Preach reacts to Pint's Black Mage Video

[@SadBirbHours]

You haven’t felt the thrill of optimisation until you’ve played a Monk and nailed your rotation for a sweet extra 10 dps

[@Wastingsometimehere]

or getting your skills off as a Dragoon fast enough not to die.

[@hiddenmaster6062]

@@Wastingsometimehere Why are you worried about dying? Just don't use jump if you need to get out of an AoE.

[@Uedukai]

Nailing your rotation just in time for the entire rotation to change next expansion hehehe

[@xantes0174]

I genuenly think that given the encounter, optimisation of melee jobs has the highest skill ceiling. You have to interact with much more than just mouvement and positions. Snapshots, gap closing suring a dash, max melee tank mouvement, and i could go on. Cutting corner in your rotation to limit loss is far from being a BLM only thing, most melee and tank have to also deal with that.

[@Churee]

Alternatively just spam Dragon Kick for easy 90+ parse

[@noppornwongrassamee8941]

RDM: "I'm the only dps job with healing!" SMN: "Well actually..." RDM: "Healing that's worth a damn." SMN: "Okay, fair."

[@lynxace1602]

meanwhile Sage : Don't let the green fool you, I follow the Bloodborne principle of prevent killing over curing

[@cyphi474]

You know blm used to have Physic.....which was terrible since its mind based spell..

[@Maglouk]

I do wonder why summoner still have that sweet mind scaling Edit:ment smn not sch

[@CuppaGi]

Phoenix: Am I a joke to you?

[@jackbobalon1]

Physick will be viable one day. You'll see... You'll all see

[@kmurphy0620]

Pint's editing is always on-point. FFXIV's graphics have only made him more powerful!

[@AquaShibby3000]

I wasn't aware of Pint until he started doing these FFXIV videos, but man he's got to be one of the very best out there doing this.

[@txmits507]

less the graphics and more the emotes. pint did a couple of wow classic videos, and there just wasnt much you can do with wow from 20 years ago. one of the most noticeable improvements is the facial expressions, but it probably takes longer for him to get all the clips lined up as well.

[@ShiroCh_ID]

@@txmits507 also Gshade it was too powerfull, since you can greenscreen the background

[@balladsnowfox7714]

Pint having Gshade and Gposr access is dangerous

[@cainstuart2681]

I feel like Pint's content since FF has been such a wholesome vibe.

[@lynxace1602]

he did mention in his guild enslavement video that FFXIV was one of the reasons he felt a lot better and happier about life, that he learnt a lot including new things about himself

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

FFXIV and its community doing its magic.

[@unnamed_protagonist]

"Ninjas don't get AoE until 38" *sad dragoon noises* Dragoons don't get AoE until 40, then we are stuck with just Doom Spike and dragonfite dive from 50 to 60.

[@F34RDSoldier805]

The emotes work so well for his style of videos.

[@dakotaestep2339]

Suboptimal ley-lines are truly the worst thing imaginable

[@Xport9]

What's worse than sub-optimal? *NOT STANDING ON IT!*

[@kuronaialtani]

He’s not kidding about the “50 60 70 uhhh” thing BLM is probably the only job in the game whose rotation completely changes at each interval of ten levels, 80 to 90 is the only interval to not really add anything groundbreaking save a “replacement” for fire 1 and a quick ice refresh And the running joke is that BLM is as well-designed as it is despite the rotation shifts because it’s yoshi-p’s main job so it gets director benefits

[@Verpal]

If by well designed they mean unique, BLM design is sure as unique as a job can go, nothing plays like BLM, nothing optimized like a BLM.

[@craigwheeler4760]

Try running the class as I did, during the Storm Blood Era. Hard a shit back then. The only consolation was the old magic system. You remember the MP increases as the level and items increased? It used to be, you could be at 16,000+ MP. The other saving grace was the 200 point spell that could heal you for 10-20% of damage caused. I used to spam it with Scathe waiting for cool downs.

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

Yeah and when you are used to max level and you get thrown into a 60 trial or like a 54 dungeon it's like "I have no idea how to play my class other than fire is the hurty spell".

[@craigwheeler4760]

@@VaporeonEnjoyer1 Try working in Thunder spells for AOE. Damage over time in healthy mobs is very nice. Doing shape caste and double thunder can seriously put the hurt on the mobs in dungeons. Thunder 1 and 3 are also good for combo starters in low level dungeons. They deal continuous damage to the boss while your other stuff is going off. Nice to not overlook the real way Black mages move. I "move" all the time in fights at high levels. It's due to back to back stacking thunder chains setting off my leylines and then chaining up like 10+ spells for my special damage window. I find that if you triple caste, then move , then swift caste, then double thunder with proc, then triple again, then move, then ley line while doing fire 3's for speed, it's as if you never stopped moving.

[@DracoSuave]

ehhhhhh... it changes when you get F3 and B3, and... you start replacing some fire 1s with fire 4s... and that's about it. It's not like you're completely changing your gameplay loop.

[@sweatyraider7241]

It's truly a blessing to have pint as a FF content creator we must protect him at all cost

[@EvilRobotSteve]

Pint's videos are so well done. All of them. One of the best content creators for sure.

[@altansipdrae2759]

Addle can be used by every caster that's the thing, but rdm has raise, party buff and group mitig, smn has party buff

[@Kekira]

And res!

[@altansipdrae2759]

I'd rather kill myself than raise on a summoner :>

[@DR4C44N]

"It's Pint! This is gonna be ace!" Yeah same reaction here XD

[@WesterlyToast]

I love that pint used the 530 tank poetics for the little Elden Ring part, my first thought when I got the full set was that I looked like a dark souls character lol

[@Demonmack0]

Gotta love how he is playing "answers" in the background, oen day after mike hit that cutscene.

[@Tython82]

Pint forgot triple cast which helps so much.

[@Sephvion]

This was the first job I leveled to 80, back in Shadowbringers. By the time everything else was 80, I had absolutely *zero* memory of how to play it. I'm tempted to start an alt, just to remember lolol.

[@hiddenmaster6062]

Or you can just go into palace of the dead.

[@Sephvion]

​@@hiddenmaster6062 I suppose you're right. Am a solo player though, generally lol. I personally wouldn't mind redoing the story again any ways. So, I'll see. Thanks.

[@kyotheman69]

@@Sephvion but you can't solo FF14 though most of story aspects expect you to group up to do dungeons, what are you talking about

[@Sephvion]

@@kyotheman69 I mean I don't really make friends. Not in a general sense. Grouping with people in PotD is different than just grouping with randos, in trials, dungeons, raids, alliances, for 30 minutes max. PotD is a time commitment and I could let people down easily in there lol. That's all.

[@Rei_Vaxz]

@@Sephvion PotD can be played solo, there's even a title you can get for clearing floors 1-200 pure solo, "Necromancer"

[@Meatallic]

That cutoff at the end is lovely

[@Flendomo]

Always felt we Red Mages were the 'support wheels' to our groups, raise players when the healers need their mp and so on. But while support wheels make the ride safer; sometimes just having two wheels (black mage) gets you from A to B quicker.

[@hiddenmaster6062]

Probably because your healers are self sabotaging garbage. It's so bad that the devs honestly contemplated removing summoner's ability to revive players. Red Mages are safe from that for obvious reasons................Unless you're new to Final Fantasy and have no actual clue why Red Mages have raise and cure.

[@JohnLouisCruciTushingham]

@@hiddenmaster6062 Well that's a phenomenally stupid opinion, on the one hand I'm proud of you for being so confident, on the other it's a shame that this is where you find your voice. Have the day you deserve, champ

[@hiddenmaster6062]

@@JohnLouisCruciTushingham No it's fact. Healer is the easiest, least challenged job in the game by design. Their DPS is not required in party content. And the devs DID state on camera in a live letter that they contemplated removing SMN's ability to raise because of the bad behavior and bullying. To cut down on players only bringing them along just to put on raise duty, similarly to how these garbage healers used to shovel healing and protect duty onto the paladin and red mage. Cuz what were they doing to do? Damage? This isn't new, and they've made changes in response to this kind of shit many times. But why not Red Mage? You must be new to Final Fantasy or just fucking clueless to ask that. It's Red Mage. They always are able to use white magic, including raise. That is not synonymous with Summoner's identity at all, which is why their ability to raise was on the chopping block and Red Mage's was not.

[@vayalond7203]

@@hiddenmaster6062 2 things: 1: Healer DPS is required for DPS checks and Enrage Timers 2: Where did someone here asked why RDM have Cure and Raise? Because it's just not the topic or anything

[@hiddenmaster6062]

@@vayalond7203 1) No it is not. The devs stated this multiple times. The only way it is, is if you jumped into it day 1 with gear too weak to have ever completed it. OR you were too stupid or unskill to not constantly screw it up. If the tanks and DPS suck, you are never going to win. Also, when absolutely no healing is required, the healer is always the first to be cut. Oh and don't @ me about how the game is made against requiring you to heal every waking moment of the fight. As if you were too much of an elitist dipshit to have ever learned the devs stated exactly why and spelled out that Healer is the least challenged job. It was done all to be super accessible to reel in more to play healer. NOT so you can lie and bully others into being a retarded glarebot who can't be trusted to handle double pulls, diamond weapons's shit, or even 1HP mechanics ANYONE would ditch for a toxic COMPETENT healer who y'know HEALS. All party content where the tank and DPS are expected to be there all only require 6 of you to attack. Doom Train is the only exception cuz to be accessible, there is no heal to escape mechanic in the ghost box, therefore, you have to kill it to escape. 2) Baby's first time FF fans who don't know a thing about the jobs. Right down to why Red Mage can revive anyone, while Summoner's ability to do was almost cut because of the abuse. You have these stupid fuckers here legit clueless on even why Dark Knight will always have the worst self healing and has the most abilities dedicated to attacking multiple enemies.

[@jimdandytheboss]

Optimal Black Mage play brought to you by Raid: Shadow Legends!

[@andrewtimothy9792]

Remember when enochian is a seperate buff from Astra/umbral, that you have to refresh with B4 and have a 60 sec cooldown instead of 30? Playing BLM was like tap dancing around spikes barefoot

[@edwardhulse]

1:56 “Prepare for the hellish quest that lies before you… TRADING ON GERMAN STOCK MARKETS!” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dannywolfpero]

Summoner has Addle too. And a HoT/Cure during Phoenix-Trance.

[@Keira_Blackstone]

and a raid-wide damage buff.

[@Arrek8585]

And a raise, and two self shields that add surprising amounts of survibility. Oh and we can move without concern excepting for 6 seconds (Screw you Ifirit!)

[@1Dylan1]

IAs a sprout BLM main, pint got everything 100% correct. Fucking died laughing at "forcing you to... MOVE!!!"

[@lynxace1602]

how is it to play BLM when you're new to the game? I'm genuinely curious. might give it a shot

[@typeoddnamehere2362]

@@lynxace1602 I would say BLM is the epitome of 'easy to learn, difficult to master'. The basic damage rotation of it is really straight forward. The difficulty comes from using the right opener in high end fights and also how willing you are to play chicken with mechanics.

[@meriwidget3474]

Ah Pint, always a great watch!

[@ryanneilan3223]

Can't do big deeps if you're dead. If dead, call a RDM. Real king of casters.

[@FantogemeStudios]

Been leveling a Black Mage currently. While I can say there is something of a learning curve it's not nearly as complicated as people make it out to be. I feel kind of proud that I went in without looking at guides and figured the thing out on my own. But I'm also the kind of person that likes to tinker with things. I also main Scholar, so that's probably half of it. There is some overlap in understanding when its time to pop off and when it's time to hold back. The main thing is, it's not a kind of job that lets you buttonmash your way to victory. And thats why I think most people are scared of it (and scholar)

[@kisavalkyrie]

My friend sent me the video- 5 minutes in I had to take a break because I was laughing so hard.

[@yurioorlov177]

as a BLM main i felt Pints video in my soul, it really is the hardest class to master, but once you do and you you start getting your clears in and the Damage cycle going off. it feels so good. At the same time when you fuck up and hurt your rotation the pain is physical

[@Havoc10K]

@Preach, Black Mages are not allowed to use Addle, it's a DPS loss, leave that to other DPS casters XD

[@JetEriksen]

It's... Not?

[@scotaloo77g73]

@@JetEriksen You either clip or you use an instacast spell that you might want later on for movement.

[@JetEriksen]

@@scotaloo77g73 Or you just use it with Paradox or B3/F3 It doesnt have to be a damage loss.

[@scotaloo77g73]

@@JetEriksen You can't use those things on demand without losing dps.

[@JetEriksen]

@@scotaloo77g73 But you can use them to triple cast and thus have a good window for using addle. I dont find using addle that complicated. A bit of planning is a necessity sure. But its not a straight up dps loss.

[@Silverwind770]

ive learned to use Surecast during Ley Lines if targeted. Happens so damn much

[@heavy_elite]

I watched this Video first SOLO and now as reaction - NO SHIT , I finally realized, that "Pint" is supposed to be like Megumin from Konusuba!

[@CatOnACell]

level 56 rotation for black mage and level 60 rotation for black mage are completely different. every 4-10 levels or so it seems to change completely. i love it!

[@1LuvMLPFiM]

Dualcasting Verraise is such a blessing.

[@geo7254]

so it's basically fire mage

[@rori354]

Time for a adblocker

[@XFry333X]

If you play Black Mage you're either very good or very bad. There is no in between.

[@Medinaxz]

Enjoyed the video, but all casters bring addle too. And most other casters don't require you to play around the blm. That being said, game is a game, have fun with what you do. That's important.

[@lynxace1602]

"Glad there's no clips of me yelling at people I'm dropping leylines, stay the fuck away from me" this feels like an IRL mood some days, and I don't have leylines x'D

[@hulda357]

BLM has actually very nice mobility now, it's just about knowing the fight. It's definetly the hardest job to do an unknown fight/prog on, but when optimizing the fight difficulty of jobs gets pretty equal.

[@hiddenmaster6062]

You don't need to know the fight to know that eventually you will be targeted. It's not like you suddenly forgot how to tie your shoes and go to the bathroom to shit when you're a day older.

[@jpnmystic5208]

God Yoshi will never leave his boyz alone

[@JeanPaulB]

If you kill the enemy, you don't need heals!

[@sephjnr]

6:31 So's death, and the nerf that comes after it.

[@hek7752]

Optimisation of a black mage is great 👍 but as a healer main optimisation of a rescue to 1 shot a blm is the true end game lol

[@GameGod77]

Pint: Black mage brings no utility. Preach: BUT ADDLE THO?!?!?!

[@ninnoofthelastunicorn]

A good Black Mage is always noticed. Always.

[@jeremeh911]

skipping ads is bad juju

[@lukethefluke7]

13:45 I honestly wish people felt the same about Blue Mage. Yeah it can't be used in current, but have you actually tried or even seen how difficult doing the highest raids a BLU can do? Its harder than UWU for sure and when eden Blu comes you'll have a mount no one else will have because BLU hello world and gavel is a mood.

[@NighDarke]

As a Black Mage nothing is more annoying than some healer thinking they're saving me and pulling me out of my ley lines. But I didn't need saving. I had prepared for the mechanic and either buffed enough to eat it or was timing it to move out at the last second. And you, stupid healer, just screwed that up. Thanks! What's worse, I always tell them at the beginning to never save me, ever. They do it anyway.

[@lynxace1602]

when I was new to FFXIV I heard people say "BLM is a turret class, they don't want to move" so I instinctively put regens or shields on BLM when I knew they were gonna get hit by an AoE and they'd rather not move. sometimes it's just fun as a healer to adapt to your team mates rather than force them to follow the standard playbook rules

[@tangentkatz]

Outside of a static, most of the time healers use rescue it's a bad choice. I was a NIN main in ShB, and the amount of times a healer would rescue me out of TCJ was so annoying. I have shade shift+bloodbath+2nd wind. I'll be fine.

[@TaliZVasTyria]

Why you skip the ad? Pint's editing on that ad alone is worth the watch if you dont like the game

[@adamosborne9440]

I main gunbreaker and warrior... i don't understand this whole concept of planning things out... RANDOM BULLSHIT GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Arrek8585]

You should try Blue Mage.

[@crimsonpotemkin]

I also don't agree with the whole "it gets better later". I enjoyed it as soon as I was able to go into dungeons with it and BLM was one of the last jobs I leveled. I've leveled everything else to 90 at that point, so I had a wide frame of reference and yet I enjoyed pretty much every aspect of BLM, so I just don't get what people are complaining about. It's not even that complicated until you start optimising. I'd much rather have this than something like machinist whose rotation barely changes from 30 to 90.

[@17thFable]

Its basically the case of arr, it is solid content but is so comparatively worse compared to everything else that every other expansion and is often blamed for turning players off which almost mirrors black mages situation even though in hindsight its quite good (or at least not absolute dogshit like people say)

[@waltwhite8126]

People that complain about BLM leveling really need to try DRG leveling LMAO

[@kuronaialtani]

I always love seeing people that cry about BLM leveling Of all the jobs in this game, I had far and above the most fun leveling BLM the first time because it felt like I was genuinely growing as a player to learn the mechanics while keeping my rotation flowing without mistakes while adding on more buttons and more bells and whistles Only other job to feel that way was surprisingly BRD and maybe now RPR (level 76 alone changes everything in how you play)

[@axis1247]

@@waltwhite8126 Hits 2 buttons till 30s

[@derpderpin1568]

It's just janky. You spend a lot of time having half of a mechanic and level sync really just makes it dumber. I've never seen anyone say its unplayable or complicated. It's just unintuitive and kind of stupid. It's definitely not well designed by any means nor is it broken and unplayable. Leveling any other job in the game, including Machinist, clearly points out the jank that only BLM has that everyone has always talked about. Millions of people don't have the same feelings just to fuck with you.

[@AC3handle]

just a hint: Ublock Origin.

[@ronsorage78]

I play a black mage. Sometimes its a pain in the ass but black mage has been my favorite since I saw the yellow hat in the original Final Fantasy.

[@Tobiasmarrik]

Black mages are least played mage because, well to some, learning the class can be intimidating.

[@badger_ninja8681]

Not intimidating annoying and unrewarding. Yes I could learn it and I could try to get good, but why would I when I could get good at something else and get rewarded for it. Blue mage for example if I get good and learn the fights I can get interesting rewards and a mount. Black mage on the other I get good learn the fights and then rng can fuck me and I'm targeted.

[@HitodamaKyrie]

2:02 I was so confused for a moment about what was going on...

[@ErisEntropy]

damn people work fast.

[@Hawkenwhacker]

I was more distracted by the sheer number of ads Pint felt he needed to include in his video.

[@trebull2284]

Watched the video myself and had 0 ads in it, that's just how yt works sometimes since most of the time it isn't even the youtubers like pint putting this many ads

[@orien358]

The fact i kept hearing fuck summoners in pints video made me unironically drop all msq up to endwalker just so i can lvl summoner from start to finish out of spite No i will not be lvling thamaturge maybe after the next sub

[@sephjnr]

Summoners are only good at 90. But they are GOOD at 90.

[@KenanVonKaiser]

Interesting!

[@Riku-Leela]

Tbh, I've been thinking of playing black mage now that SMN is boring af to play since EW. Literally turned it from difficult for ages into 😴. Hopefully Black Mage can scratch that itch, if only a bit.

[@nox503]

doesn't yoshi p Play a black mage ?

[@Unclaimed_Username]

I don't get the summoner hate. Granted I have all of one(1) hour in FF14 but I *was* thinking of that class.

[@sephjnr]

Summoner got completely reworked down to a really easy rotation that can get numbers better than many poor BLMs, and is far more mobile than BLM and has SwiftRes capacity to keep healers concentrating on DPS / tank maintenance.

[@AndrewTrek]

I'd rescue you

[@serisothikos]

I think a lot of the "it gets better" crowd played it in ARR, like I did. It was kind of a dull job in ARR leveling.

[@Hezkezl]

​@Boa-Noah Paradox rotation says hi.

[@xenoblad]

Why doesn’t preach use ad blocker?

[@_Encie]

lol why does preach get german ads?

[@RazAnime]

Preach shouting "ADDLE" at "BLM brigns no utility" is kinda spot-on when compared to Pint mentioning machinist; Machinist brings a single defensive to the raid, 10% damage reduction. BLM also brings a single defensive to the raid: addle with 10% magic damage reduction and 5% phys damage reduction. BLM is not the single most selfish dps in the game, SAM and MCH are on the same level of selfishness, just dont tell the devs that MCH also does terrible damage and cannot make up for its lack of buffs with its own damage while also being one of the highest APM jobs. I dont main MCH but damn do I feel their pain (mobility isnt really a counterargument since with every raid tier the devs work harder to ensure Melee Uptime is almost 100%, and BLM can now instant cast a shitton of abilities per fight; MCH is also not that much easier than SAM is; They straight up made SAM and BLM easier and easier over time while never allowing MCH to do good dps because "its the easy job")

[@ftran789]

It's not selfish, but selfless. As the only dps that matters for parsers is the rdps one. BLM increases others dps much more than any other job! So the selfless dps.

[@DNoll-dx4ju]

I'd not complain for MCH to do more damage since its the job i main. But saying MCH ain't much easier then SAM is really something you can just say if you've never played SAM on good parses. Thats not compareable at all. And i can tell you, we don't really feel much pain, Sure the 99-100 parsers will feel the lack of damage, but as someone whos on 90-93 right now, im still on par with everyone else. And i have it way easier then most other jobs to get there. So in conclusion, if anything i'd love to get something like the SCH speedbuff for mch. Some utility. Not a 3% raid increase or another defensive. This alone would be enough to push the job in a pretty decent spot.

[@RazAnime]

@@DNoll-dx4ju the lack of utility and MCH not making up that lack with dps on the same level of how a SAM or BLM does is kind of the point; many people inviting for savage groups or looking for savage groups are asking themselves "why should I join as MCH if BRD and DNC are just so much more beneficial to the group; I feel like MCH are holding the group back". Giving MCH some form of utility like a speedbuff or damage buff or some other way of helping the group in any way outside of average dps would be really good. Ultimately, even Savage is clearable with any dps comp for the most part, but it still feels really bad when you play MCH or invite a MCH, knowing that its a choice that doesnt really help your team in anyway and cannot make up for its lack of utility, and how people feel about the efficiency of their jobs does indeed play a huge role in what jobs people are comfortable playing

[@hiddenmaster6062]

Dipshits saying "utility" always mean damage buff. That's literally all they care about.

[@brianward1292]

Yeah melee are able to usually keep full uptime, but one reason they can do that is because the ranged phys are handling all of the mechs/positioning that require ranged mobility. The ranged phys is doing tornado baiting in all p3s cheese strats, running the furthest in any spread positioning, grabbing the remote towers, etc. Now clearly MCH should do highest damage among phys ranged because of DNC/BRD's greater utility, but it still is bringing a ton more utility than BLM.

[@Vincrand]

BLM isn't about perfecting every step you take, but about perfecting every step you don't take.

[@keylamojica5750]

it made me wanna cry wth

[@jefferybaird4845]

Black Mage is the only hard mode I do in the game. it is the class I do all the MSQ on.

[@VampireNoblesse]

...ah, that 1st commercial broke one of best (or worst) moments as a blm. .. recommend to rewatch that part again

[@MrBigsmallguy]

This video makes me want to demand squeenix go make a single player ffxiv

[@d1gitals0ul]

The thing that get's me is sure don't play around the BLM and working together is good... but also working around a BLM is just decent raid sense, work to not drop AoE's on your teammates, whether their BLM or not.

[@angel__king]

I use rescue on black mages just to fuck with them

[@Poldovico]

There is an eight Hell just for you.

[@HiroesX81]

True Blackmage experience

[@Dashu16]

Any chance you can trim the last like 3 seconds of the video for people playing through the story? Pint tries to make videos mostly spoiler free and a lot of his viewers like to watch all the reacts. He's currently in Shb. Fun react and the last bit is a good joke/soundbite though so I get why you kept it

[@kurtmooreca]

Healers Adjust. As a main WHM in FF14. If a BLM moves out of an assclapper 5000, I hate them for it because I hit them with Benisom and Regen is already on and if Benison is on CD the many oGCD instant are already primed, and if those are also on CD, Cure 2 is landing a second after the damage is taken. Note to Black Mages, dont fucking move. As a healer if you die it was the healers fault. Bang on about red mage though, actually useful to the entire process of a fight, and don't get punished for not moving. The DPS loss from having a RDM with near infinite instant cast resurrection, is made up from the DPS gain from 2x healers not having to baby sit 1 job.

[@lordvanazir1007]

Black mages REPRESENT!

[@Shiirow]

pretty sure swiftcast is a thing. also slide casting.

[@chrisl8440]

RDM master race

[@silfrdraugr]

Dude, dont skip ads on someone else's videos that you are using for your own content. that is very disrespectful

[@Vinclum]

0:28 No, Samurai is.

[@Loxly-ti4sq]

BLM has the highest DPS for the current savage tier

[@Vinclum]

@@Loxly-ti4sq Then you should look at the parses again, because that's not true.

[@grassrootsdictator5701]

Skipping a pint ad? Weak mike, very weak

[@bLuGhOsT_]

I like summoner but D=

[@kpenn100]

easy to play try melee greeding its an art in itself

[@steweygrrr]

It's not just BLM that want other dps to get the fuck away from them, I consistently get assasinated on SMN in P2 by other dps either chasing me when I move to make a safe spot for _them_ or dps who I move for, notice them moving so stop only for them to stop too when they get their aoes. Maybe its because they are jealous that I'm a caster with only three actual hard casts? /shrug

[@QuestText]

that ad totally cucked the punchline of that joke. Sadge

[@knowwhoiamyet]

Black Mage is a fine job, but it's quite possibly the worst job to try to play through the game with. It expects and requires an understanding of mechanics and how to recognize new ones even as you're seeing them for the first time. Being the strictest job on your mechanic timer and mobility makes it a difficult job to play well while learning a fight, and a great job to play to perfect your mastery over a fight or the game in general. As a job it is fine, but it is most certainly not beginner friendly in the slightest.

[@bobsmith-vd3ix]

Its more the fact that BLM is objectively the worst class in the game for progression, and thats the only thing that matters, even people in top teams that get kills on BLM (at least in ultimate) ususally prog with redmage until they are ready for a kill, and then only if the dps check requires it TLDR BLM is basically just trolling your party over the other mage classes (no res as well)

[@gothicshark]

The Black is the best Mage.

[@Sephvion]

I don't get why they aren't top DPS at all times, if played perfectly. Sam and Reaper are always above and eh.

[@Vinclum]

Reaper is not even close to the top. Samurai is by far top DPS with BLM being in second place.

[@Sephvion]

@@Vinclum Running off old memory, from near release, I guess. Shame though haha.

[@Vinclum]

@@Sephvion Still better DPS than red mage tho.

[@Sephvion]

@@Vinclum God I hope so lol.

[@reihwan]

Ah yeah... the pain of leveling a job that requires knowledge. Usually prior knowledge. And all that goes down the drain when the healer decides to use regen and no other heals on you, just because you had to move out of an aoe at 40% health left and failed the timing by 0.2 seconds. Gotta love it.

[@badger_ninja8681]

I won't heal people who purposely stand in aoes, regens are what you get. Not to be mean but while I'm managing my mp, monitoring the party, applying hots to the tank, doting the boss, preparing to heal or shield the tank for a buster, avoiding mechanics, and fixing other people's fuck ups. You want babysitting to go along with it. As a healer I'm forced to dps and fix everyone's fuck ups while simultaneously monitoring everyone's hp and I have my limits. Most of the time the only thing I can do for you is a Regen. There are better healers them me that can ofc, but really think about what your asking so you can soak a mechanic you shouldn't be. Not trying to argue just pointing out my perspective as a healer.

[@Poldovico]

@@badger_ninja8681 When you're being conservative with healing, that's one thing. When you're refusing to heal people if they make mistakes, that's another. One is strategy, and good strategy at that, the other is a TOS violation.

[@badger_ninja8681]

@@Poldovico I could of used better wording but I do heal mistakes, but there is a difference between mistake and purposely getting hit. I'll gladly heal people at least attempting to do mechanics as I can. If someone is noticably just soaking damage though I'm obviously going to discourage that with a Regen. Its not that I'm refusing to help them. It's just there's a limit I can help without heavily taxing myself and possibly causing a wipe. Even if that's tos I'll keep doing it but honestly I've been seriously moving away from healing as a whole into tanking.

[@Poldovico]

@@badger_ninja8681 Soaking damage is very rarely the right strategy, but when it is, if done right it should not put any extra strain on healers. You can soak with mitigation or self healing, such as Manaward or Bloodbath, or take some avoidable damage if you know a partywide heal is coming that will top you up anyway, but with vuln stacks being on most attacks these days it's rare that it's even worth it.

[@badger_ninja8681]

@@Poldovico some soaking is fine I'm talking face tanking a bunch of aoes for unnecessary dps. Sometimes is fine the problem is in my experience it's more then sometimes, and the dps was high enough to clear anyways.

[@Keira_Blackstone]

Play what you like. I really enjoy having lots of mobility, so BLM is torture for me.

[@ogrimbothesour2976]

Ironically BLM is the caster with the highest amount of mobility

[@nahuel3433]

@@ogrimbothesour2976 All of them have quite a bit. From permarunning, to mad hopes with some running. To teleports.

[@akiramurakami3177]

SMN can move for days. All the summoning allow quick cast except Ifrit. While BLM has longest cast time, it also deal lots of dmg as caster. For me, its kinda fun to play when u know the fight and when i dont wanna do positional

[@Keira_Blackstone]

@@ogrimbothesour2976 it's not though. SMN rotation only has to stand still for two casts per minute. BLM's instacasts are all cooldowns they are essentially forced to used as part of their optimal dps rotation and thus won't have them when they need them half the time. Also, casters ain't the only thing in the game.

[@jacobcompton6347]

I like summoner and black mage more than red mage

[@bluemagician2672]

As a Viera BLM main, I do not get a giant hat. Had to nerf us somehow

[@Asin24]

Currently at 90, can't wait for BLM to get good at 100.

[@alexandermiller4438]

Transpose is a dps loss.. except for the dozens of times it’s not

[@Turamwdd]

Same could be said for Manaward. It's there if you absolutely need it but you shouldn't be in that position very often.

[@alexandermiller4438]

@@Turamwdd I was referring to the dozens of optimizations that can be had utilizing transpose lines not simply saving mistakes with transpose.

[@Zanodia]

This is a lot how I felt playing enhancement shaman when the majority of people were on resto or elemental. I was very often told that I should either change to elemental because it was a ranged dps or stick to being a healer because enhancement wasn't viable. I didn't listen because I loved the spec and even more, I just wanted to prove them wrong. I played every day and did the raid content every chance that I could get, even when I was already saved and I did a ton of M+ as well. Before I knew it, I had become the #4 enhancement shaman on my server and I wanted to shoot for top 100 in the world! Sadly, I never quite reached that goal, but it was nice while it lasted. There was one build that I never got to test to completion because I was under a lot of pressure to perform well, and that was the sunder reset build that I was putting together.

[@cattysplat]

Don't let your dreams be memes.

[@Sammysnows]

BLM in my mind THE most SELFISH DPS in the game. and I don't know why I like playing so Shut up you have to adjust so I can deal more damage because its my only utility.

[@alex-dh8zy]

Ok not knowing ff lingo I was really thinking this was about another BLM at first

[@Demonmack0]

oh LOL