2.4 SMN Class Issues

[athenia]

A BLM excels in the burst and sustained AoE-damage department in addition to being completely self-sufficient.

During raids, however, raising another party member severely hits your mana and lessens your dps - and the BRDs dps in the long run..

so a smn, if hes able to bane a RS and contagioned set of dots to 4 targets does no massive aoe dmg? u can even save ur enkidle for that to have some aoe burst.
but i guess u can play smn or? and as i said - summoners should get their manacost reduced, so they can dot more targets without getting oom.

lol so u want to tell me, if a whm or a sch dies u instantly wipe the grp? if the WHM dies and u raise him, the bard will play a manasong and ull get ur mana back for sure.
same with the sch. Sure there are parts of the fight where u just cant die cause u need dmg or heal or whatever, but its not a wipe every single time.

[TrivariumOri]

lol so u want to tell me, if a whm or a sch dies u instantly wipe the grp?

The majority of the time this is the case, the strain on the party and the reduction in effective mana management and dps is enough to constitute a wipe. It's much easier to wipe and redo the phase cleanly than to lose the dps and flow of the raid.