Black Mage

[SpeckledBurd]

I will say on point 2, the power creep of Ranged Physical doesn't just impact Black Mage, it's a persistent problem that impacts not only all casters but the melee as well since every buff to a Ranged Physical is also a buff to Dragoon's Disembowel. Since Ninja is still the most valuable job in the game since it was implemented in ARR due to aggro shenanigans and Trick Attack, this basically creates a hard lock on DRG/NIN and keeps a stigma towards MNK/SAM since they're the lesser melee (unless you go Triple Melee, which comes with its own issues).

The devs really either need to kill Disembowel or actually start nerfing whichever is stronger between Bard/Machinist rather than constantly buffing the weaker one until they're both doing damage on par with jobs that offer less support, because honestly I'm sick of the comp eternally getting locked into NIN/DRG/BRD/MCH.

[Sfia]

I will say on point 2, the power creep of Ranged Physical doesn't just impact Black Mage, it impacts all casters and by extension of making Dragoon's Disembowel obscenely overpowered, the melee as well. Since Ninja is still the most valuable job in the game since it was implemented in ARR, this basically creates a hard lock on DRG/NIN and keeps a stigma towards MNK/SAM since they're the lesser melee (unless you go Triple Melee, which comes with its own issues).

The devs really either need to kill Disembowel or actually start nerfing whichever is stronger between Bard/Machinist, because honestly I'm sick of the comp eternally getting locked into NIN/DRG/BRD/MCH.

Absolutely correct, I didn't want to delve too much into the larger issues of job balance and rather attack what was specific to BLM right now. But this issue for BLM is pretty much shared with many others.