SMN...and SCH broken

[Neophyte]

https://www.fflogs.com/rankings/char...3/#partition=5

This is me on summoner. To say I don't know how to play the class at a high level is retarded.

So what? You just said the same thing generalizing about everyone not having the same opionion as you do.
Also nice padded echo numbers with 70% balance uptime. My epeen on standard-comp pre echo though is bigger than yours, therefore I'm right I guess.

To miss one in a dozen runs on Cruise chaser might happen, but on the other side it was easy to be top dps as SMN whenever that did not happen. I don't see the tragedy, after some time you have a feeling for the distance a bane can reach and you should also now the Optical Sight patterns were tanks usually go further away from middle.

Further, not sure what players you've been playing with, but my buddies who can play RDM well always parse higher than me (4k+ dps) even when I maximize my summoner dps on EX Lakshimi.

Not sure what you're talking about, because I was talking about Susano not Lakshmi.
And as said, an good RDM suffers a lot more than a good SMN in that fight, depending on stuns and mechanics.
While in Lakshmi indeed SMN suffers more, esp. if you are careful with DoTs and pet and your hard-hitting oGCDs in add phase.

I don't see the reason why completly missing an Aetherflow oGCD (which is very hard tbh if you play concentrated) and therefore screwing your dps is "higher skill sceiling" than screwing your dps as a RDM because of delayed GCDs because of mechanics.
The former is more punishing but happens less, less, less often than the latter.

Aaaaaalso... when you play as SMN together with another RDM you give him Magic damage up every Minute, while he gives you nothing in return.