Either SMN and RDM should lose their Raise or BLM should get a Raise.

[EllieShadeflare]

You can't even say that. We've said over and over again why it's needed, for role balance. Because it's a recovery tool that 2/3 of the caster role has and BLM does not, making BLM a SIGNIFICANTLY weaker choice for content, particularly progression raiding, but also PUGs and even dungeons where your healers die to the first mechanic of bosses.

Raises won't save dumb and that's still not the reason why Black Mage is weaker.

And guess what, they can also focus on "something useful" for BLM, they already are. No one ever insinuated that a raise action alone would magically fix BLM's issues (get it? magically? badumtiss). Why does everyone seem to think it has to be one or the other?!

Because you act like the lack of Raise is one of the most major break it or make it situations for Black Mage here. You created that attitude, and others are refuting it.

Just because you personally don't have a use for Raise on BLM or don't see why it's necessary doesn't mean that it doesn't/isn't for everyone who plays the game.

And you're not getting the bigger picture.

People don't WANT THIS.

People have stated that they don't NEED THIS.

People have pointed out the class fantasy, which can be best described by this image:



People have pointed out there are ways around balancing Black Mage without a raise.

People have pointed out that there is no need for a raise.

People have pointed out that raising is unnecessary, even for prog and learning because the goal is to not die and to beat the boss, not to let yourselves die repeatedly while trying. Even while learning, you're still supposed to learn how to pass mechanics. This is the major barrier that hampered so many groups after it was discovered that you could skip Soar, so many people tried to skip Soar that they almost blatantly refuse to learn or plan for it.

People have pointed out that there's other portions of the caster identity that has nothing to do with raising. Primarily, that we have a cast bar while other DPSes don't.

Hell, the vast majority of people as far as I can tell disagree with you on this matter.