Job balancing?

[Urthdigger]

Great example with monk. Anything I could name would seem far-reaching. Old things that don't matter or that anything can do, but that was kinda my point. If you expand the scope from bosses to "things people do at level cap", then job balance is okay. RDM/NIN is still a strong soloer, Bard is still great in melee-oriented CP parties, SAM self-skillchains faster than anyone else.

When's the last time you've seen someone want melee even for a CP party? Even if you expand the scope from bosses to things people do at level cap, job balance is abysmal. They can't participate in any content that earns even semi-decent gear, they can't cp (which is basically like if a pre-99 job weren't allowed to xp), literally the only thing melee can do is putz their way through content that serves absolutely no purpose besides something to do when you're super bored.

A majority of the jobs in the game are in the same boat as Lucky Roll. That is not "okay."