Curious on opinion. Smn or Mch. Which would you pick?

[Ryaz]

I could not write it better
I totally agree with You.

The thing is, I don't think we're in horrible shape. I feel we're a bit too cooldown reliant. If you make a mistake with your buffs or even worse, something like Quarantine happens, it's extremely hard to recover from that because we don't have the tools to just jump back in. Our main burst opener and our burst every minute and a half thereafter is what keeps us even the slightest bit competitive. Something goes wrong there, you will easily see yourself dps drop horribly.

And it also begs the question: if our abilities are useful during progression content, what happens after that? When new content becomes farm content suddenly MCH/BRD are just holding the group back. It's not like our 2 minute cooldown 5% damage increase will make up for someone who actually brings a lot of dps. Especially something like a Ninja that can give a 10% debuff on a lower cooldown and still do damage. A good support class should have abilities that are useful all the time, not just in a few select situations. If we did really have support that was always helpful, I wouldn't be so against the idea. If MCH/BRD could give regen without losing our own dps? That's useful all the time. Giving up 15%? Situational. If our 5% damage debuff was something we could keep up constantly? That's useful all the time and makes healing easier. On a 90 second cooldown? Situational. A 5% damage boost for the whole party constantly? Always useful. Once every 2 minutes? Situational (and more for our own benefit).

I have nothing against the idea of a support class. But if I'm going to support the party, let me support them at all times, not just occasionally.