Quote Originally Posted by Karshan View Post
With this change on TA (alongside with a buff to solo DPS of NIN to compensate) NIN would be in competition with MCH, not going alongside MCH, with also BRD, oh and DRG to go with double ranged
If we want to end NIN's guaranteed spot, we have to do something about its aggro tools, not just Trick Attack. Allowing your main tank to pull in DPS stance is a significant damage gain, though it's difficult to calculate exactly how much.

From data people have collected using 3rd party tools I won't risk naming here, the raid DPS contributed by party buffs from each job, as a percentage of the total raid DPS, is roughly:

AST (1-3%) > DRG w/ MCH and BRD (~2.5%) > BRD = NIN in perfectly synchronized group (~2%) > DRG w/ MCH or BRD (~1.9%) > NIN = MCH (1.5-1.7%) > SCH (1-1.7%) > DRG (~1%) > MNK = RDM (~0.8%) > SMN (~0.5%)

Note that this does not account for shadewalker. If NIN had no aggro tools, it would be fairly even with MCH.