Quote Originally Posted by Viridiana View Post
As for your assertion that "anything a melee can do a ranged can do without dancing around the boss," no. . .just no. Let me see a BLM or SMN maintain their rotation while dodging. And if you think ranged can maintain optimal dps while dodging, good luck finding four bards who can outdamage competent MNKs and DRGs.
Is this a joke? In the what, 4 or 5 months I have been playing, no MNK or DRG has EVER outdamaged my BRD/BLM/SMN on ANY fight, even with ilvl advantages (my ranged all being i86 at the moment, vs i90 MNKs/DRGs). I consider party lucky if they land a MNK or DRG who even comes close to even with LB added to their DMG.

In my experienced a bad ranged beats a bad melee, a good melee beats a bad to average ranged, but no MNK/DRG comes close to a Good Ranged, never seen it happen.