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    Dextro Couteau
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    Cactuar
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    Thaumaturge Lv 80
    Quote Originally Posted by Havenchild View Post
    I hardly see SMNs asking for direct potency increases. Most are asking for very specific balance changes, like MP adjustment for example, which in itself increases the DPS a Summoner is capable of gaining over a fight without breaking the game
    It's a lot more complicated than that, because most suggested buffs to SMN (Aetherflow, MP Costs, Potency increase, cross-class Thunder, Energy Drain buff etc.) would all affect SCH too.

    SCH's DPS is already very potent within endgame, all the while handling their healing duties and being able to take care of additional mechanics such as T12 Bluefire.
    Buffing any of the above-mentioned things would be tipping the scales of healer balance further and further in SCH's favour.
    This isn't an issue now since healer choice isn't as competitive as DPS (2 healer roles, 2 healer raid slots), but consider when Astrologian is released, it'll be more competing for WHMs spot... not SCH's.

    They have to be really careful with how they handle changes so that they only buff SMN alone, and this pretty much limits the possible choices to things such as pet potency/attack speed or Enkindle/Fester changes.
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    Last edited by Dextro; 12-28-2014 at 12:37 AM.