We have finally come full circle, SMN's need help!

[Jacost]

Lowering the MP cost of Ruin would solve half the SMN's problems in a stroke.

[Parodine]

Lowering the MP cost of Ruin would solve half the SMN's problems in a stroke.

Indeed. Reading that reddit thread, giving SMNs back Thunder and lowering Ruin's MP cost seem to be relatively easy fixes. And throwing them a bone with the poetics trash too.

[Lavieh]

Indeed. Reading that reddit thread, giving SMNs back Thunder and lowering Ruin's MP cost seem to be relatively easy fixes. And throwing them a bone with the poetics trash too.

This is the easiest solution, while boring it would be effective.

Thunder would give SMNs roughly a 10% increase in DPS, lowering Ruin's MP cost would make their DPS fall off less and even switching a single piece of Dreadwyrm gear to something like Crit/Det would be a nice buff. This would easily close the gap that other DPS's have on them.

[Chiramu]

Lowering the MP cost of Ruin would solve half the SMN's problems in a stroke.

Lowering the MP cost of Ruin II would be better.