Quote Originally Posted by Dextro View Post
SMN's DPS fluctuates very little throughout the entire fight, what word are you going to use to describe that?

No other DPS can sustain their numbers as well as SMN when it comes to dealing with mechanics or impromptu situations.
The jobs you listed are susceptible to a variety of things to make their dps take a sharp dive, such as: Dodging mechanics, running out of TP, travel time between enemies, invulnerable periods, denied access to positionals, activating the Limit Break and more.
so Does a MNKs. A BLM CAN be at 550 with a LOT of procs, or 480 with regular procs. Does the Proc rate matter? Not really, a BLM will STILL win over a SMN. Adds? Flare > DoTs, since every add that matters in FCoB dies in seconds, except for the t13 adds - but there's Swarms of them so Flare > Bane. BLM completly outclasses SMNs, utilitywise and damagewise. I swapped my main to MNK once I saw the gear for 2.4 It's a joke too. Spellspeed is essentially a 0 stat.