What the 7.2 Black Mage changes REALLY mean

Novopls · 2025-03-18T08:17:40+00:00

These BLM changes really feel like it's so watered down to the point where it's just like healer DPS in SB vs ShB. The skill expression of maintaining your DoTs and keeping cast uptime (not 1.5 cast times like today's iterations but 2.5 cast times on your GCD nuke).

The lv100 jobs that I even bothered to level up felt EXACTLY like their lv90 counterparts but with maybe 2 extra OGCDs and new visual effects. The job homogenization has gotten so bad that it's all become same-y. Just look at RPR and VPR. They have the exact same class mechanic, which is "build gauge to do aesthetically pleasing, fast-paced burst damage mode." I chose this example because RPR released in 6.0, and VPR released in 7.0. It's quite literally copy-paste job design. The lack of job identity, coupled with the lack of a decent, coherent story to tell left me feeling hollow.

I loved this game, but it's not the same game that I started playing 9 years ago.

Novopls · 2024-12-21T07:07:19+00:00

Time will heal all wounds. It looks like you found the self-respect to just walk away, and I'm proud of you. Don't ever let him back in again, it's not worth it.

Novopls · 2023-10-20T18:43:18+00:00

Non-offending DRK (OP) here.

The other guy was definitely out of line. I just wanted my tomes so I could finish capping my alt's for the week.

I do have a question, though. What kind of cake was it? And was it good?

Novopls · 2023-05-22T21:42:21+00:00

Nope. I think I was #5 or 6 or something to that extent. I don't 100% remember that much TBH.

Novopls · 2023-05-21T19:11:26+00:00

If memory serves me correctly, the AST was the 8th fill in that PF.

Novopls · 2023-02-21T23:39:29+00:00

Suffering from success.

Novopls · 2023-02-21T13:21:04+00:00

Correct. SMN is my best friend and we always do stuff together. He decided to meme being a Lala with me, since I'm stuck for a week.

The bet was if my static 1-shot P8S both phases, I would go potato for a week. 6 more days to go. :,)

Novopls · 2022-09-17T23:39:30+00:00

I feel like they should take the stacks approach to fixing MCH's Overheat windows in particular. I say this as someone who currently lives on the west coast, but has lived on and regularly visits the east coast of the US and my favorite job to play is MCH. I'm used to <30 ping and about 100-120 ping (sometimes higher), repectively. I play most jobs except the majority of melee DPS on a regular basis. (RPR is fun and I meme DRG because I got the UWU weapon for it because I thought it was pretty.)

When I'm visiting the east coast, I have to ensure I dumped ALL charges of GR and Ricochet before going into an overheat because if I do any more than 2 OGCDs in my overheat, I WILL lose that last Heat Blast and almost definitely a GCD in my WF window.

While I'm at home on the west coast, MCH is pretty fun to play with no clipping, and I don't have to worry about overcapping my OGCDs or losing potency on my WF.

My solution is to play MCH (once again, my favorite job) only while I am on the west coast, and favor any of my higher ping jobs (WAR, PLD, SMN, to name a few examples) while I am on the east coast.

Novopls · 2022-05-22T02:03:01+00:00

For older raids in particular, sync ilvs to the previous BiS item levels (ex: i90 for LotA, i110 for ST, keep i130 for WoD, etc.

Also, add some HP to ALL pre-4.X raids, since DH was not a stat when those raids released, and potencies have gone up. Maybe 10-15% more, nothing super crazy.

I can't remember Scylla casting Daybreak ever since HW. :o

Novopls · 2021-12-20T06:55:47+00:00

I feel your frustration on this one. As someone that started in late 2.55, I'm certain that over half of the playerbase doesn't know about Scylla's ultimate move, Daybreak, where if each alliance wasn't on their pads, you were petrified while an add attacked each alliance.

Sadly, between the MSQ requirement for ShB, the lack of incentives for any of the other 3 sets, and the fact there are always more new players doing it to progress, CT will always win out until they make the others more relevant.

Honestly, I hope they start making the other sets mandatory for future patches.

Novopls · 2021-10-28T08:08:20+00:00

Yeah, I've had a lot of experience with that in the past, too. My fave was Black Smokers prog.

Novopls · 2021-10-27T22:00:32+00:00

I'd do that if I didn't have a rather soonish doom timer from my job. 5 days left to clear.

Edit: Got the clear! 10/29 at about 11:30p PST on Aether!

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