So BLM as AOE covered, MNK has single target... What does SMN bring?

[HaroldSaxon]

Simple answer: Nothing but a 3rd battle raise. Which is useless in late-game content. Healers dont need help using Virus or Eye which BLM also gets. And the tradeoff is the lowest DPS in the game when bards aren't singing, with sustained damage issues thanks to MP burn and being on a completely different lifeline then Melee DPS when bards are singing.

Once you get above Evenstar gear you immediately feel the difference between SMN and the rest of the DPS classes. I shoudn't be trying to dodge Spellspeed like its the plague, while having to put way more ACC then I should as a caster class on gear thanks to pet mechanics. There is no way you can get optimal DPS like this.

SMN is just in a bad spot right now no matter how you look at it.

If you actually think SMN has lower raw DPS than bard, then you don't know what you are talking about.

SMN just has gearset issues, and resource issues.

[Odowla]

If you actually think SMN has lower raw DPS than bard, then you don't know what you are talking about.

SMN just has gearset issues, and resource issues.

Yes, much lower DPS than a bard - however, a bards potency per second is WAY higher - almost twice that of a SMN's. #rekt

[HaroldSaxon]

Yes, much lower DPS than a bard - however, a bards potency per second is WAY higher - almost twice that of a SMN's. #rekt

I'd love to see some proof regarding that, because otherwise we would have seen these issues far longer ago. Or is that just not including gear stats (due to differences in WD)

And I don't mean a rotation based around energy drain, I mean a rotation based around Fester.