Quote Originally Posted by Razushu View Post
I agree with nearly everything you say, but SMN was never intended as a frontline melee. Any job can be geared to melee but that doesn't mean they were intended to melee, by all means melee if you want but stop comparing SMN to DRK, DRG and now PUP.
I still don't see what gives you the idea it would be a backline job.

HP? If so, then taru are backline races.
MP? If so, PLD and DRK are backline jobs.
Pets? If so, BST and PUP and DRG are backline jobs.

Heck, your avatars are BLMs as jobs, and you say they should be the ones up front meleeing.

The only logical deduction is that SMN is a frontline job. But I won't argue with you that SMN being a backline job is the "normal" thing to think. Like the world being flat years ago. It is incredibly hard to convince people they are wrong, if they have no desire to change their opinion.

I'd suggest you re-roll as galka, and get a view of how SMN without taru HP survives at melee range. You'll be surprised at how little damage you take. (I'd say 95% of the time you are more likely to be yelled at for "feeding TP" than actually being a sponge on MP)