I want utility on the class because raw damage will never be stronger than damage+utility when the utility makes for higher damage than the raw damage. In short, no amount of raw damage would ever be stronger than damage+utility unless it is SIGNIFICANTLY higher.

The raise that I proposed would still be a welcome addition purely to be fair, since every single other DoM has it.

Side note, with sub-optimal melds and the 320 susano book I was able to do more damage in savage on SMN on my FIRST TIME IN THERE than I've yet to do on BLM on both v1s and v3s (v2s I had a death).