It's disappointing in some ways, yes. BLM should be more comparable but at this point it simply is not. Do they do good damage? Yes, but not compared to SMN based on the data. The problem lies in the mechanics. Firestarter procing in spell land forcing players to interrupt fire spam or miss out on half of their Firestarter procs, and their free casts as well as swiftcast activating the GCD. This costs a LOT of damage and offers only additional mobility.

BLM mechanics need a rework. They aren't bad and summoner isn't OP, but the mechanics dramatically hinder their damage.