Quote Originally Posted by Cabalabob View Post
MCH yes, BRD no.

MCH’s support capabilities aren’t quite as strong as BRD’s right now, it’s a lot closer to DRG on that scale than BRD. I’m also of the mind that if all 3 piercing jobs can use it then what’s the point of any of them having it?

I’d say put 10% piercing damage on hot shot.
DRG has more utility and offers more rDPS contribution than a BRD does. Especially if you are running double physical ranged. Utility for DRG/BRD or DRG/MCH goes DRG > BRD > MCH. And in the case of DRG/BRD/MCH, DRG >>>>>> BRD > MCH.

And 10% piercing on Hot Shot?! 10% piercing on Hot Shot would just solidify DRG/BRD/MCH even further. Disembowel only gives 5%. Give MCH 10%, and both the DRG and BRD will cling to them even tighter than BRD/MCH cling to DRG right now. Say good-bye to any casters trying to worm their way into the meta (and to MNK trying to be meta for the first time in...well, ever).

Piercing needs to just be removed entirely from the game, and DRG’s potencies buffed to compensate for it. What’s the point of slashing when all DPS jobs that benefit from it can apply it (and WAR can as well)? Same for Blunt, who only benefits MNK, and MNK applies it themselves. All the resistance down debuffs are redundant.