Are role actions a nerf?

[Kaurie]

Fire IV is optional and situational too, but I do not see them putting that on the role list

That is a ridiculous notion and a false equivalency. Fire IV is embedded deep into the rotation.

Yeah Ill remember that when I am tanking as SMN because provoke is not needed.

In dungeon content, provoke really isn't needed. If you are doing your job properly, you're holding hate - and if anyone snags it away, you're not going to provoke to get it back (cuz you'll just instantly lose it again), you're going to use your hate generation. That said, using a provoke + shield lob would be effective as well. If that is how you choose to do it, then you can slot in your provoke. It doesn't mean that it is required by any means though, just that it's your preference to use it that way.

I am being realistic, my last expert i did was 34 mins because people did not know how to dps.

2 friends doing relic runs, 2/4 dungons had both DPS gearing incorrectly, ilevel doging the weapon slot and wearing wrong stats for the right side on the same day, back to back runs. You want proof why this is an issue? look at SB changes, trying to lower the skill gap and making the right match your main stat. Even SE "have a low opinion of fellow players"

This is all irrelevant. Players doing poor DPS or wearing incorrect gear isn't effected or solved by the cross role skill system. That said, luckily in SB, accessories are job-locked.