Quote Originally Posted by AmaSagahl View Post
Is there a way to make a BLM and SAM (and I guess MCH?) more valuable to the party without having to cut the dps of SAM?
Just want to quickly answer this part first. NO.... I agree that they need a tiny bit of love, but you want a "utility" buff but without sacrificing any of your dps is asking way to much and would just continue the circle jerk of "meta" jobs.

Onto the exclusion part. A large number of people have already said it, people that lock pfs to meta comps usually aren't good enough to capatilise on the party synergy anyway and they are doing you a favour as that kind of group will just hold you back anyway

A good static will welcome a good player and make it work comp wise. Once the tiers on farm though I do think people should be flexible if the static wants to compete for speed kills etc (Sam main should imo be able to play drg/nin).

If I host a pf I only exclude double jobs, i.e. a Sam joins, no more Sams, etc.

As someone who played monk in previous tiers to SB my personal opinion was it's fine being the selfish dps job but you have to bring that selfish dps. I feel like Sam is suffering a little from it's overall popularity because Sam. Some people may be 'meta' comp morons but I'm sure there's also at least a few who are just fed up with Sams who join runs, don't pull their weight and finish bottom of the barrel even in zero death runs.

Not saying the above describes you but it's amazing how many people dont realise that being the selfish dps job means bringing a ton of dps, that is your 'utility'