You should log in and do that parse, brah.
Person who challenged me at the parse told me not to bother till I had a 'decent' WS set, bro. And 'decent' in their definition is 90% best gear pieces available to their job. So that's gonna be a while, especially when I play maybe 2-3 hours a day max and I've more important pieces/jobs to work on.

You wanna help that parse come along quicker, volunteer to help me get the gear. Otherwise, you're just as much at the mercy of my playability as I am.

And this conversation is about the Adjustments Manifesto, in general. Bringing up buffs to melee is an eventually. Remember, any spell that helps physically enhance another member of the party, by rights should also benefit us. Any debuffs that effect the damage the monster receives, will likely enhance ours as well. That's a balance factor SE has to keep in check if they're wanting to aid or inhibit a Red Mage from taking the front lines in ANY situation.

Personally, I'm hoping they don't hesitate in that respect. Calling us a godly buffer when a WHM bests us in that department was an insult, at best. If we're going to be put on the same pedestal as Bards and Corsairs, we need to have more there.