Quote Originally Posted by Eidolon View Post
Lol. i don't see too much of an issue with a bard of mechanist. Could they use a slight DPS increase?

Hmmm... I don't balance games. Hard to say. I love the utility that they bring in progression/raids, and I think it's unfortunate that they demand to do the same DPS as those who do not offer such a level of utility. This has always, however, been their demand.

I look forward to the day that SE releases a pure Ranged DPS archer, without support. That will be a DPS who should be competitive with BLM/SMN.
It's not about us doing the same DPS as you guys, it's about us doing enough to still be a useful party member with that support. Right now, if Savage was out and you had a bard/machinist in your static but couldn't reach the DPS check with them even if they did their rotation good and knew when to give support would you keep them? Probably not, especially if you have a better chance of just barely burning through the content by over dps'ing it with another DPS or by having that person change their job just because of the low output.

We need to reach a certain amount of DPS that's acceptable for these things and when we're tracking behind in numbers by a lot compared to every other job then it's worrisome and prompts people to want changes.

I personally wouldn't of been ok staying with someone who says that at the beginning of a run either by the way, I probably wouldn't instantly leave but I'd be super wary of them and it wouldn't give me the greatest first impressions of my party members for that run... especially when they could just be gawking at my DPS numbers for all I know with that boot button on the side just waiting...