Summoners have actually ruined this game's PvP

[Quackley]

Oh boy, you edited your post. Okay, where do we start?

And blackmage hurts like hell with Fire 3 + Flare + Convert + Swift Cast + Flare again.

You're really telling me someone's gonna let a BLM hardcast a flare? REAAAAAALLY?
Yes it hurts, BLMs can kill anything if you let them do so, but this also takes massive set up. Summoners don't. They can (and do) kill people very quickly with zero actual hardcasts, just things like Enkindle and Energy Drain. They're not nearly as dependent upon multiple long casts to land kills.

Just FYI, we spell casters shoot garbage at a 90 degree angle. Aka just walk behind us (us as in those who are mentally challenged to left click position their character just to keep the spell up) or trick us to face away from you and Bad-ah Bing Bad-ah Boom. We cant cast crap on you, especially if your peeling us.

If only there was an option to face people while casting.
Oh, waitaminute, there is? Both turning yourself, or just spamming FACE TARGET?
WOAH.

The biggest Cast Time Difference I see between skills that actually have a cast time is 1 Second.

Fire 3

3.5 Secs

Bio2. . Miasma .. Ruin . .

2.5 Secs

Cmon, of all things, REALLY? Ruin with a cast time?

Ruin II
Type Spell
Acquired Level 38 Arcanist
Requires ACN, SMN, SCH
Cast Time Instant
Cooldown 2.5s
Range 25y
Description Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 80.
Additional Effect: Blind for 10s.

Woah, that's neato, Ruin II does the same damage, has a blind, and is instant?
I'm gonna use Ruin anyways. Because it's way cooler.

Now if only summoners had lots of other strong instants, y'know?
That'd be just swell.

Wait, you're telling me they DO?
omigawd :3

I'll give you that their dots have cast time, but currently they don't ACTUALLY need them. Which is hilarious, that a class with a billion dots doesn't need them.

That, and comparing putting your dots up to a BLM who has to chain cast multiple spells to actually kill something is cute.
Yours are followed by incredibly strong instants, a BLM's is followed by more chain casting. I don't think I need to point out how much easier that is to stop.

This is all damage too, it's not even getting into the utility that is BRez, an instant, spammable aoe heavy/MS combo, a bind if you need it, a set-and-forget interrupt bot, and I'm sure there's plenty I've left out.