So about Summoner...

[Zerathor]

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BLM is in a good spot atm, but for how minimal their gain is, (especially on certain fights) it's not spectacular enough to ignore a missing raise that smn brings. SMN is in a really BS strong place as THE meta caster.

Rdm could use some help though

[Tex_Mex]

BLM is in a good spot atm, but for how minimal their gain is, (especially on certain fights) it's not spectacular enough to ignore a missing raise that smn brings. SMN is in a really BS strong place as THE meta caster.

Rdm could use some help though

I still don't think that nerfing SMN is the right solution. If you want to argue for anything, choose to buff BLM utility or something like that. BLM used to have the niche that it would never run out of MP, but this got removed with SB when resource management for all classes basically became a joke. Maybe some sort of group utility like a raid wide magic damage barrier could be introduced. That would fit with the job and add some non DPS related flavor to the game.

[Zerathor]

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Utility would be neat, but it won't happen. If it did, they'd nerf their damage as well. Meaning a blm playing at maximum potential would be equal to a smn. How good does one shield need to be to be equal to being able to raise? It'd be a lot or have a low cd.