Check Out FFXIV Dawntrail Black Mage, Summoner, and Red Mage Changes

After introducing the changes for the Physical Ranged DPS, the Final Fantasy XIV Letter from the Producer Live LXXXI Director and Producer Naoki Yoshida went over the changes to the Black Mage, Summoner, and Red Mage Magical Ranged DPS jobs in the upcoming FFXIV Dawntrail expansion.

Similar to the Physical Ranged DPS changes, the overall general changes to the Magical Ranged DPS jobs focus on ease of use and streamlining the actions for players. More specifically, Swiftcast recast will be reduced to 40 seconds, and Addle duration will be increased to 15 seconds in the 90s level range for both actions.

As for the Black Mage, in order to streamline aspects of the job one of the main changes involves restoring MP upon landing ice spells while Umbral Ice is active, instead of passive MP regeneration over time. In addition, a new action that repositions Ley Lines beneath the caster once will be added. Yoshida mentioned that, with the newly introduced MP changes there is a chance that the skill rotation may or may not change.

Summoner will receive a new Solar Bahamut summon, similar to Bahamut and Phoenix. The developers mentioned that the current Bahamut looks like what the Allagan Empire might have described it as, and that this might have not been its true form, hence the addition of the new summon. Other changes include adding an action after the party buff Searing Light action that allows players to attack. With the introduction of a new Summon the skill rotation will be updated accordingly. Specifically, the new rotation will look like this: Solar Bahamut, then Bahamut, Solar Bahamut again, and finishing with Phoenix. Additionally, after much debate the developers decided that Summoner will keep Resurrection throughout 7.0 and 7.X.

For the Red Mage, they tried to minimize waste of resources. As such, Manafication will now allow execution of enchanted swordplay actions without cost. The AoE enchanted swordplay combo beginning with Enchanted Moulinet will now consume a total of 50 Black Mana and White Mana, similar to its single-target counterpart. Yoshida explained that the single-target and AoE versions not aligning felt odd, so they made adjustments accordingly. Other changes include the addition of an attack ability action after Embolden is executed.

Here are the slides for the upcoming FFXIV Dawntrail changes to the Black Mage, Summoner, and Red Mage Magical Ranged DPS jobs:

Final Fantasy XIV is readily available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, and the Dawntrail expansion debuts on July 2, 2024.