Quote Originally Posted by Malithar View Post
What gives you the idea that you cannot continue progressing on any of those jobs?

Hint: Every single job you listed I've had in a CP party, hell just last night had one that was 2x Geo /Rdm and /Whm, Blm/Rdm, Blu/War, Nin/War, and a Drk/Sam. Group was in Woh Gates, and I was honestly skeptical as hell that it'd work (Whirl Claws is some rough AoE for so little healing), but it worked just fine. Blm pulled rabbits to us to save on Geo- recasting MP, sleepga'd pulls, nuked if he had time, or just saved it for when we hit the worm room. Ran with Indi-Haste, Indi-Precision, Geo-Refresh, Geo-Frailty with the mages keeping people topped off and buffed. 90 min party, lil over 7 JPs earned with 2 uses of Capacity Ring.

It's been echoed multiple times in this thread, this whole "wahhhhh I can't do x" isn't cause of some obscure job dysfunction, it's because players don't shout for non-optimal setups. Have you tried responding to a CP party shout listing your jobs? Have you tried setting up your own? Can't really give you any advice, because what's described in thread's like this isn't the case on Bahamut. If someone sets up a CP party, typically, they shout for any job, or at the very most a specific role, healer, buffer, or DD. In parties like the one last night, we roll with what we got and make it work.

Accuracy is the hardest thing to overcome with CP mobs, as without buffs or gear + food, you might be hurting some. But conquer that and they're cake, they don't have much HP at all, maybe 15kish. With mobs that weak, it's not worth searching out optimal setups to grind, just go with what 6 people want CP on.
And this is why I didn't want to bring up CP. Obviously, as a melee/ranged/non-magical DD, you're going to have a greater chance of getting into a CP party because it's basically mindless grinding of XP mobs, and the faster you kill X the more CP you get. If you could get into a merit party 6 years ago, you can get into a CP party now. However, regardless of our differences in server populations, the chances of seeing a PUP/SMN/BST/BLM in a CP party are slim to none.

The real issue in job advancement at 99 lies with Delve, Skirmish, and future endgame content. As you and a few before you have noted, players will always choose the optimum setup for everything. And, according to hearsay, BRD/WHM/PLD/MNK/RNG is the optimum setup for everything. Therefore, despite our differences in population, I'm fairly certain that BRD/WHM/MNK/RNG/PLD/COR/GEO are the only jobs being asked to come to said events.

Congratulations to you for being to able get into one of these endgame parties with one of the other 15 jobs. That doesn't mean it's a common occurrence.

And, just because I make a party doesn't mean people will join.