Quote Originally Posted by CosmicKirby View Post
My point being, you HAVE to go back as a new player to start as a MCH. You can reasonably pick ARC as your first and stick with it all the way through. Most people probably max the first job they pick I imagine.

If you compare a BRD and MCH of equal skill level, there's no reason to bring a MCH over a BRD.

You're the kind of person that doesn't understand tier lists. If ALL OTHER FACTORS are equal, X or Y? The 'meta' or tier lists are what points you to the better of alternatives. Any amount of 'don't let the meta decide!' is the concept going over your head.

Is the best MCH going to be better than a lot of BRDs? Yes. Would that MCH be performing better if they were JUST AS good with any other job or BRD? Also yes. There's no performance argument to be made in MCH's favor.
Oh I understand tier lists. You assume far too much, and we just don't bloody well know each other like that. At least offer me dinner first.

But if we ARE going to go there, RDM outdamages BRDs, yes? And can help cure in a pinch, AND can raise in a pinch, and Embolden is quite nice. QUITE nice. Damage, support to an even greater degree, and arguably simpler execution. . . Why bring a BRD when you can bring an RDM? Meta said so?

I mean if it's a matter of performance and what brings what to the table, let's skip the freedom of choice and simply look at the top. Forget play what you love, forget actually being good at it when you can just be better at something else. "If you ain't first, you're last", right?

I grasp the meta concept enough to know just how many times it simply didn't matter thanks to that one variable no amount of professional mathematics can account for: the human element. I've done more with less, and I've seen a player completely shatter what the meta says firsthand. Not in this game, no, but overall it was the eye opener: put the right tools in the right hands and they can get the job done. Doesn't matter if they're weathered or top of the line. Might seem hard to grasp sometimes, but once you've seen it, it's hard to unsee. At least if you're really looking.

But don't take my word for it. Go ask the meta or something.