Quote Originally Posted by Velhart View Post
Sounds like a personal issue. Its your choice to bring that many melee into a fight. Standard setups usually include two melee and two ranged DPS. Plenty of MMO's have classes set up where people not their exact job need the same gear also, and no balance has been broken on that end. FFXIV is eventually going to get to the point that its going to have lots of classes and jobs in the future for all roles and its still going to be treated exactly the same as it is now in terms of loot distribution. You can argue about Ninja and DEX, but your reasoning with this is not a valid claim.
Uhm, no... it's the exact opposite of a personal issue. It's basic balance. Basic math. Four DPS slots in an average 8 man party. Half the DPS jobs lot on 1 type of accessory. Basic probability; especially as far as DF is concerned which is what a majority of the playerbase uses.

As for endgame, which is far from being the only thing to consider for itemization balance of this kind, there is no "standard setup". Competent endgame raid parties adjust party DPS makeup to better suit the instance in question. What is really effective for one instance isn't necessarily that effective for another. However, I suppose there will always be parties that don't care to optimize too much, and just bring what they have or try to strike a "balance" with 2 melee and 2 ranged. Hmm, I wonder why they consider 2 melee and 2 ranged a balanced, standard setup? lol

I mentioned no personal situation, circumstance or experience. Suggesting it is a personal issue is evading the actual claim I have, which is in fact valid. I'm all for having a discussion, but baseless dismissal of my arguments just won't do.