Quote Originally Posted by Greatguardian View Post
noit'snot.

Do White Mage's nukes suck? Yes. Why?

Take a moment.

Think about it.

Why do White Mage's nukes suck?

Oh yeah, because every other job that can nuke can nuke significantly better. What other standard is there to judge White Mage's nuking ability? Can White Mage still Atma-load up and kill some EM-level mobs with nuke spam? Sure. Does that makes WHM nukes un-suck? Nupe. Why? Because an Atma-loaded BLM is going to do 10x as much damage per nuke.

The only measure by which to define how good or bad a job is is a comparison to other jobs. Is Paladin a good healer? Hell no. Why? Because other healers are significantly better. Other jobs have significantly better gear access, significantly better traits, and a significantly stronger MP pool/MP recovery.

Why does Paladin healing suck? Because other jobs do it better.

Why does Summoner DD suck? Because other jobs do it better.

When you set your global bar low enough that every job in the game can surpass it, sure, no one will suck and Paladin will be an exceptional healer because it can leap over junk tier standards. Sure, Summoner is an amazing DD because it can soar over the expectation that any damage = good damage.

If you want to have crappy standards, go right ahead. But you won't get anywhere trying to convince other people that jobs are good just because they meet your par. Some of us expect more.
Ok let me correct you.

White Mage nukes do not suck because other jobs can do better. White magic nukes suck because they do crap damage and aren't worth the mp to use. It has nothign to do with the fact other jobs can nuke better.

Same concept applies with Paladins. They aren't bad healers, and just because some jobs do a better job at it doens't mean they suck. These aren't crappy standards, they are reasonable standards. If something can get the job done, it doesn't suck. Period.

By your so called standards all nukes on the game suck but black mages. All heals on the game suck except white mages. I suppose all swords suck except almace and excaliber according to you. All shields suck cept Ochain and Aegis. There must be a lot of suckage in your life, since you see everything that isnt' the absolute best as the suck. It's a very limited and flawed way of looking at things.