Personally, as a career RNG, I haven't noticed the whole DMG issue you guys speak of. Either it's my career/skill level with the job and/or a lot of the close-range DDs I've played with but I've always felt on par if not superior to their DPS output
Oh I can out damage a lot of DD's on RNG. THis is part do to my damage outut and part due to the fact the mob is always running away from the other DD to my position, causing them to miss hits and WS's. It's amazing how good you look when hate is scattered all over. And its fun to have the WHM's complain about all the Cure's you are needing as you try to tank the mob with minimal skills to do so. Is it any wonder RNG are so rarely invited anymore.
THe dstance penalty is the elephant in the closet. Nobody wants a DD that moves the mob all over the place. Yet that is what we are stuck doing if we try to compete for damage. its either that or stand face to face with the mob and have our damage nerfed.
It's a real problem.
And WS needs to indicate if a mob is claimed or not to be truly useful.