Quote Originally Posted by Chronons View Post
Attacking a person as opposed to an argument is Ad Hominem, claiming experience as a qualifier for correctness is an Argument from Authority. It can lead credence, but not make it veridical.

I am using the same data as you? Go look at the report CecMiller provided. It shows an example of a RDM having less uptime than the NIN. If you do look at more examples you will see that it is the case that it fluctuates based on personal skill, time for the fight, etc. Generally around that 1-2%.

In fact heres the best BLM and SAM reports on the site for Susano.
https://www.fflogs.com/reports/k94fg...pe=damage-done
https://www.fflogs.com/reports/V9kja...pe=damage-done
If you actually look at those logs you can blatently see that the entire group was built around buffing their top dps. The sam had balance for 3/4ths of the fight along with bard crit, trick attack, and emboldens. The BLM did not have all of that. Again, judging because you see a log showing numbers doesn't mean those numbers are accurate. They are what a class can do when everyone else pushes them forward.

But I do agree that skill plays the biggest factor in everything. A skilled ranged class knows they should be preplanning movement and always be casting. Melee doesn't have that down side but they are forced off of bosses much more often giving them higher levels of downtime over a skilled ranged.