Quote Originally Posted by Anewie View Post
My SMN was/is useless in party or serious situations.

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Reason is, smn is kinda a joke job in groups.
This post is a pretty good example of how misunderstood SMN is. When I've gone on SMN, it has always been benificial too the group--whether it's a duo, all the way up to an alliance. I remember when we were first farming the caturea (sp), many times it was the avatar keeping the bleeding thing busy while the "tanks" were recovering from weakness. When fighting a lot of NM's, it is the avatars taking a beating while the rest of the group is recovering from a serious beating (sometimes even a full wipe). When it has been club or staff for proc, more often than not, it has been the SMN that got it. When we are needing to get TE's, I am often the one running around and grabbing/holding ephemerals for the mages to get magic kill (or I simply kill them if we want to boost pearl. If we were after KI/feet....I'd amber kill them with my staff.

And that's just abyssea. There are sooooo many examples where the SMN has secured the win--CoP, TAU, ACP, BCNM's.....there is a LONG list of strategies where SMN has been a proven asset.