Machinist 4.0 - what do you think?

[Yorumi]

Well, if you're looking at it from a 'can they provide the healer mana without losing DPS', then the ranged 'can't afford it' either. You lose DPS promoting your turret, just as a SMN will lose ruin 3s if they donate mp to a healer - it's an emergency skill you use as a last resort to salvage an already bad situation.

It's not so much about losing dps. For a smn(and probably rdm) they have to plan for it in advance. If a smn is going all out dps they won't have the mp to give in an emergency. For a brd or mch they don't use their mp while dpsing so it's highly unlikely they won't have the mp to turn on a song. A smn though would have to lower their dps for the whole find in order to save mp to give. And once they give it they'd probably still be low enough to severely hinder dps.

The garlean empire has also been hinted to have a lot more advance technology we have yet to see and I would not be surprised if they have Television, Cafes, cars, more advance guns such as Machine Guns and Shotguns, motorcycles, and even the Internet within Garlemald considering they have Holographic computers, walkers, combat drones, and advance flying battleships.

Also keep in mind the allagans. The state of the world now is more a regression and FAR more advanced technology has existed even without considering the garleans.

[Myon88]

It's not so much about losing dps. For a smn(and probably rdm) they have to plan for it in advance. If a smn is going all out dps they won't have the mp to give in an emergency. For a brd or mch they don't use their mp while dpsing so it's highly unlikely they won't have the mp to turn on a song. A smn though would have to lower their dps for the whole find in order to save mp to give. And once they give it they'd probably still be low enough to severely hinder dps.

This is all moot really considering we have no idea how any job will play out in Stormblood. The fact of the matter is that casters have this cross-role skill now, that's not going to change, and there are certain things you can infer from that about how SE views caster raid utility.