Quote Originally Posted by Elkanah View Post
...always puts SMN at #4, and I'm always around #1/2 spot on RDM myself in dps. I will take back my statement if the issue isn't so much the smn class, but the user friendliness of the skills surrounding it.
The issue with SMN is the user friendliness, the rotation to achieve top dps is super tight and punishing upon death. Even using aetherflow wrong punishes you immensely.

Using [Forbidden Program Name] does display SMN DPS lower than it actually is, as [Forbidden Program Name] doesn't calculate Dreadwyrm Trance properly. So SMNs are usually have about 10% higher DPS than displayed.