Quote Originally Posted by Silverquick View Post

I understand what you're trying to say... but these things they're doing aren't achieving anything but the opposite of what they intended.
How so? You're trying to make it sound like the only balance measurement needed is SMN vs BLM when it's SMN vs BLM vs MCH vs BRD vs DRG and so on. When your only unit of measurement is 2 classes out of the the dynamics of every class in the game of course your view is going to be skewed. I'm sure SE's though process involves a bit than "Today we want BLM to be worse than SMN- so lets do that." and more of a question on a classes role in composition.

You can pretend all you want that there's never a need to tone something down even in the situation that the toning down needs to be pulled back, but welcome to online gaming with a many class based system. You're going to have ups and downs, ebb and flows, nerfs and buffs. Pointless or not it exists and isn't going away.