Quote Originally Posted by OneWingedSora View Post
What does MNK/NIN out-dpsing casters have to do with this discussion ?
It's common sense to compare to the highest DPS classes, when discussing why SMN has weaker DPS. (something I'm not disagreeing with)

The gap between Monk/Nin and SMN is much more noticable.

Quote Originally Posted by OneWingedSora View Post
And lol @ utility. SMNs mana management is bad enough already without Battle-res. If you are gonna Battle-res, you more than likely will need your bard to play ballad for you which would be a raid DPS loss.
It adds a lot of utility to the class, I for one would rather a raid DPS loss and a kill, than a wipe.