Damn Ulth, there's so much wrongness in your post I really don't know where to begin.

First of all, THF is still a top-tier DD if geared correctly and buffed appropriately.

Secondly the numbers you cite regarding THF ws-damage are possible right now, post nerf. We have a lot of THF's in our shell and they all can put up those numbers.

You qualify a lot by saying "average" ws damage (as in counting non-stacked WS), but do you do the same when accounting for ready moves? There's a huge difference between readies delivered under familiar, spur, unleash and/or run wild over spammed ones you know. Not to mention Cor rolls and the benefits of fighting under an Idris GEO's bubble that also make a massive difference.

Its not misinformation to show how massively hq support and gear can increase performance for ANY job. This is what really sucks about nerfing generally - it doesn't help people who are struggling to get stuff done, it merely annoys and inconveniences those who were excelling already.

We may never use BST again, but that doesn't take away from the fact we've killed everything in both Escha zones multiple times at this point! So it may take us longer to kill with a different setup, we're still going to own it, the only difference is we have even less impetus and motivation to do so again.

That might sound like bragging, but having ground out 1200 JP's, spent millions of gil perfecting the augments on multiple gear-sets, I feel like I EARNED my role in that success.

So having to re-factor everything because of jealous babies who are gaining nothing for themselves by pulling other people down, is just a pointless thumb-in-the-eye...
Its offensive, and does nothing but give the sense that the dev-team has no respect and no understanding for their players' time and effort.