Quote Originally Posted by Tanathya View Post
The likelihood of having a SAM, a NIN, or a WAR has nothing to do with the fact that PLD and DRK don't have it. DRG isn't only invited for their piercing resistance down, but also for their decent damage on top of Battle Littany and Dragon Sight. So, by that logic, the likelihood of having a DRG is quite high. It's as if they gave BRD and MCH their own piercing resistance down and the next step would be to ask for a Battle Littany kind of skill for themselves.
I don't plan on doing the exact math but the likelihood of having one of 3 jobs in your comp for slashing resistance down which benefits 5 jobs (two of which you are guaranteed to have) seems a lot stronger than the likelihood of having one of one jobs in your party with piercing down which benefits 3 jobs (which are almost never triple stacked) and gives a mild buff to a fourth.

To put it bluntly any static thag doesn't have a NIN in it is shooting it's self in the foot. Trick + Shadewalker/Smokescreen + Slashing debuff is amazing utility. No one is going to ignore slashing resistance down because it always buffs at least the user of the debuff and both tanks.

I don't underatand how you're comparing those two things or how you made the (huge) leap to the idea that BRD/MCH would ask for some form of Litany as well - this isn't a discussion about killing DRG just about making resistance down debuffs remotely equitable.

Stop comparing apples to potatoes.