Quote Originally Posted by Hiruke View Post
You guys clearly haven't done any real endgame fights if you think BLM dps is awesome. You can feel it in Amdapor Keep and every place after that. Please go get to endgame and see how awesome BLM is. Thanks.
Double black mage in AK. Demon wall (the only boss you could possibly be talking about being hard on mages). Dead before bees spawned. Personally pushed well over 200dps and am not in full darklight nor do I have a relic.

Doing good damage as a mage requires that you pre-emptively position yourself and think ahead about how to get the most casts given any bosses rotation / mechanics.
Don't let Dunken-Krueger get you down on the class. Figure out what you can do to improve your own game. Reap the benefits.