Quote Originally Posted by HiroKirito View Post
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.
The thing is, neither SAM nor BLM bring enough DPS to compensate for their lack of utility. In fact, BLM gets utterly decimated by SMN—being inferior at quite literally everything. SAM, meanwhile, does approximately 300-500 more DPS than DRG, who buffs BRD/MCH by that same amount, if not more. Ama is essentially arguing SE needs to commit one way or another. Either SAM/BLM get some utility and they wholly abandon the selfish DPS role or they buff their numbers to ensure they adequately compensate for bringing nothing to the raid except high damage. Until one of those two scenarios happens, people will continue to push them out.