when will another class get piercing debuff

[Kaeoni]

That doesn't matter, because you still want a BRD or MCH for TP/Mana regen purposes, and the fact remains that if a DRG isn't present then that BRD/MCH you need anyway will be doing significantly less damage.

This is actually a serious party synergy issue, and it's surprising that it STILL hasn't been addressed.

We're talking about one specific synergy that exists. If a Pld or a Drk don't get a Ninja. Does this mean Smn, Blm, Mch, Mnk, Sam (does Sam? idk), Rdm (does Rdm? jesus the possibilities are endless!) should get a Slashing resistance debuff? Or maybe those tanks should get their own instead/as well?

We can go around in circles with this, with a lot of other types of synergies that exist. But the only type of resistance down I have a problem with is Monks since no one else benefits from Dragon kick. At least some other classes benefit from Dragoons piercing. currently there's no point in even saying it's a blunt resistance down debuff, it might as well be a "10% Fistycuff only buff ". I like how that rhymed...
Not everyone needs to apply it to help everyone else out. If that's how we built classes, so every class synergizes with every class, then that buff entirely loses it's meaning and might as well become a passive 10% dmg increase trait. Not only that, you take away individuality from classes, Something this game really needs right now. I like that uniqueness.
I mean we do have buffs like those, They're called Trick Attack, Battle Litany, ect ect. Huge spike dmg increases that boost everyone for a short period of time.

But if we don't land a Ninja in our group, does it mean everyone else should be able to Trick Attack to make up for it? Currently Foe's requiem buffs Magic damage, so when a bard shows up, i'm sure blm's and smn's get a grin larger than the Grinch on Christmas day. But does that mean every other class needs Foe's Requiem or at least something similar? Because that's a static 10% Dmg loss for them.

I see what you're asking for but it's more rational to ask for another class to synergize with monks blunt resistance down, even if that said class doesn't get the ability to put up a blunt debuff themselves. I'd actually prefer it that way while offering other forms of party utility so when paired up with monk they become a power couple at the high-school prom. Oddly enough, that's what Dragoon and Bard have in spades.

Think of it as a type of utility that Dragoon offers, because it is. it makes those ranged support classes hit harder, and in turn they offer you limitless TP, and MP for your mages. Myself, I'd say that's pretty badass.

[MagicJohnson]

We're talking about one specific synergy that exists. If a Pld or a Drk don't get a Ninja. Does this mean Smn, Blm, Mch, Mnk, Sam (does Sam? idk), Rdm (does Rdm? jesus the possibilities are endless!) should get a Slashing resistance debuff? Or maybe those tanks should get their own instead/as well?

We can go around in circles with this, with a lot of other types of synergies that exist. But the only type of resistance down I have a problem with is Monks since no one else benefits from Dragon kick. At least some other classes benefit from Dragoons piercing. currently there's no point in even saying it's a blunt resistance down debuff, it might as well be a "10% Fistycuff only buff ". I like how that rhymed...
Not everyone needs to apply it to help everyone else out. If that's how we built classes, so every class synergizes with every class, then that buff entirely loses it's meaning and might as well become a passive 10% dmg increase trait. Not only that, you take away individuality from classes, Something this game really needs right now. I like that uniqueness.
I mean we do have buffs like those, They're called Trick Attack, Battle Litany, ect ect. Huge spike dmg increases that boost everyone for a short period of time.

But if we don't land a Ninja in our group, does it mean everyone else should be able to Trick Attack to make up for it? Currently Foe's requiem buffs Magic damage, so when a bard shows up, i'm sure blm's and smn's get a grin larger than the Grinch on Christmas day. But does that mean every other class needs Foe's Requiem or at least something similar? Because that's a static 10% Dmg loss for them.

I see what you're asking for but it's more rational to ask for another class to synergize with monks blunt resistance down, even if that said class doesn't get the ability to put up a blunt debuff themselves. I'd actually prefer it that way while offering other forms of party utility so when paired up with monk they become a power couple at the high-school prom. Oddly enough, that's what Dragoon and Bard have in spades.

Think of it as a type of utility that Dragoon offers, because it is. it makes those ranged support classes hit harder, and in turn they offer you limitless TP, and MP for your mages. Myself, I'd say that's pretty badass.

This isn't an issue of "identity". That's not the point that's being discussed here. The whole problem with piercing resistance is that only one job can apply it, while 2 other jobs benefit from it. The problem is that said jobs are MCH and BRD, both of which are almost mandatory for raid progression (due to their MP regen). And any raid leader with half a brain will be able to see that DRG needs to be there in order to maximize DPS. This leads to a lack of variety in terms of party composition, because most groups will want a BRD/MCH + DRG combo.

You're grasping at straws by saying that "if we don't land a Ninja in our group, does it mean everyone else should be able to Trick Attack to make up for it?". It's not about making the jobs all the same, but why do we have such liberty when it comes down to slashing resistance if there are only 4 jobs that use it? I mean out of the 4 jobs that deal slashing damage 3 of them can apply a slashing debuff. But out of the 3 classes that deal piercing damage only one applies a debuff. Even before SAM skills were revealed we had 3 jobs that dealt slashing damage and 2 that applied the debuff. Why can't they give RDM some sort of piercing debuff with his rapier? Or anyone else for that matter.

I've been waiting to play SAM for so long in this game, but it seems I won't be able to raid with it. I mained DRG all of Heavensward, and knowing that my current job will be mandatory for raids due to it's unique synergy pisses me off. Because it will make it even harder to play what I actually want to play. It'll make looking for a group even more of a hassle, because 2 out of the 4 DPS slots will be used by DRG + BRD/MCH, and since SAM isn't getting virtually any utility whatsoever (except for a redundant slashing debuff *yay*, I'll just end up becoming a hindrance to my group, so I'm just better off staying as DRG.