BLM needs more damage

[Llugen]

@Galvuu I'd recommend just adding him to your ignore list, as none of his responses are insightful and most of them are pretty inflammatory, especially his responses to my own posts (it is very true that I have made some less-than-friendly posts myself, but certainly most of them are at least insightful though indignant, rather than simply petty). It's been quite a relief for me. Furthermore, in my bump post I went on to explain why and relate it to other important discussion, not JUST "bump" with no context. I offer no apology for this.

@itti18, the more you dwell in these threads, the more you'll come to understand the prevailing idea that "pure damage" is not only false on the job currently but not plausible in this game in general. Parties want people to synergize with and to be buffed by them, not to feed specific people that offer nothing. This is a no-brainer, and something that really needs to be addressed. Utility (see also: damage) almost universally beats out "pure" damage due to the nature of burst windows. This is a pretty big dilemma right now for endgame.

We speculated in one of the threads a while back that it's highly likely that the developers do not test things in groups but rather in vacuums, so Trick Attack is "balanced" by lower personal damage from the NIN, but when Trick Attack is added to a combination of Foe Requiem, Battle Voice/Battle Litany every 3, Dragon Sight, Hypercharge, Radiant Shield, Devotion, or Embolden (not to mention spread Balance and Chain Stratagem+Fey Wind), it becomes increasingly clear that four DPS jobs that have high utility for each other can stack together far better than one job that is "purely selfish", ESPECIALLY BLM with it's "consistent" damage with nothing to offer during a two minute burst phase window.