If a SMN is 150 DPS above you on T8 and you should stop being a BLM. I get 330 on T6, 280 on T7, 370-380 on T8 and 260-280 on T9. This with one requiem at the start and not even battlevoiced. This buff that we're getting will result in +20 DPS at least. Which is more than enough and on par with other classes.