This expansion looks very unfair for the DPS classes in general.

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Originally Posted by Galvuu

Bloodletter procs were a pretty big deal, and you also had the Straight Shot procs- which could alter how you use ogcds/weave stuff (like weaving Empyreal into your proc and stuff like that). I actually changed what I did based on them every 10 seconds or so.

DRG's piercing debuff got nerfed hard. In fact, that's why you don't see Dragoon as much and why MCH+BRD disappeared; as far as that comp is concerned, the loss of the 5% on the piercing debuff is roughly a 500+ raid dps loss (quite substantial).
Further, role utility isn't too relevant here because everyone has access to it within the role.
If you're deciding for job A in detriment to job B, you want to see what unique features they bring. So when you compare MCH to BRD, role actions are a non-factor. Same deal with the two casters VS RDM. Why wouldn't you bring RDM or BRD over their counterparts? Hence why BRD and RDM dominance comes into question.

Also, come on- if anything, BLM got worse as far as movement is concerned. The F4x3>F>F4x3 rotation is super tight, especially after the (very harsh) spellspeed nerf. What did we get, Triple? You either get one more cd for movement each minute and a half and lose a hefty chunk of dps for it, or you use Triple as a dps gain and are left with the old Swiftcast. Even Sharpcast isn't a commodity now unless you want to gamble with mana ticks.

Your mobility is better than 3.0. You got one ability that gives you free movement every 90s (which you can most definitely line up with almost any current mechanics that exist now, and most likely in 3.0 raiding), and you have an action that allows any idiot DPS or Healer that drops an AoE on your Ley Lines to be forgiven :b. By all means, I'm not saying your mobility is great, however your movement options are.

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DRG's piercing debuff got nerfed hard.

Yes, and that's an indirect nerf to Bard and Machinist. When players compare parses in 2.0/3.0 for Bard, they've always included disembowel (unless we're talking Striking Dummy numbers).

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Further, role utility isn't too relevant here because everyone has access to it within the role.

Yes, and no. I specifically stated the Caster role actions because it's only for Casters. Melee can't Esuna, but a Caster can remove DoTs now (and heal too!). Bard/MCH can refresh for 30 seconds, but a Black Mage can give a newly resurrected White Mage 20% of their MP! Do you see what I mean by, "jobs can do the same thing, but situationally better"? When you start to dig deep into the new actions that are out, which are a lot mind you, you can see how so many overlap what Machinist and Bard can do. When they overlap to that extreme, it blurs the lines of what makes a support job exactly that: support.