Quote Originally Posted by Theytak View Post
Beyond that, though, to say that there is "literally nothing" that pup excels at is both a complete crock of shit, and incredibly loaded. Your use of the word "literally" is completely wrong, because there are, in fact, things that pup has the #1 slot for, such as single target nukes with the same spell (pup thunder V vs blm thunder V vs sch thunder V, pup will come out on top if you account for universally possible things, like day/weather procs; and no, I'm not saying pup is a better nuker blm and sch both nuke faster and more often, and have more variation in their spells), greatest ability to customize one's pet's stats (and actually the only job with this ability), greatest melee damage from a job that is capable of casting cure VI, a job capable of casting T5 nukes, as well as being the only job capable of casting both cure V/VI AND use T5 nukes (not at the same time).
Do you only play with poorly geared BLMs and SCHs? There is no way Spiritreaver is competing with SCH. BLM, sure, but not SCH. Here's the numbers I just ran on a neutral day on Ul'hpemdes:

3685 - Blizzard V (Ebullience, Klimaform, Hailstorm w/ 5/5 Stormsurge merits)
3786 - Thunder V (Ebullience, Klimaform, Thunderstorm)

Keep in mind that these numbers aren't even the best SCH can do, since I've only managed to upgrade my staves and my hat since the 90 cap. Also, I used Moldavite instead of Hecate's to ensure I wasn't getting m.crits. Messing around with day+weather bonus, I was seeing numbers like 3927 and 4221 for Blizzard V and Thunder V respectively (some combination of Moldavite/Hecate's/Novio).

My BLM damage for comparison:

3079 - Blizzard V (Hailstorm)

Mercilessturtle's Bobeche (also hasn't upgraded gear since the 90 cap):

3414 - Thunder V

So no, PUP is not competing with SCH in terms of damage. Hateless damage? Sure. But not raw damage.