So about Summoner...

[EllieShadeflare]

BLM is fine, since we hit hardest on almost all forms of ST content, and harder than SMN on said content... which happens to be the vast majority of content. The only times where things start fluctuating is when movement starts getting involved or going through progression but even then.

Look at the current logs for Sigmascape Savage. Only Phantom Train has a SMN beating BLM, and even then BLM is second place in terms of damage.

Sure, BLM COULD get increased damage to make them a better choice if you just wanna stack buffs on them, but... BLM is already close enough. Hell, we only do slightly less damage than SMN does, raid DPS wise.

https://xivrdps.herokuapp.com/encoun...jGBXkRwyncbC/8

https://xivrdps.herokuapp.com/encoun...hZPCQRTwgar/23

First and second place DPS on Phantom Train, respectively. Done by a SMN in the first, BLM in the second.

[Sunako]

First and second place DPS on Phantom Train, respectively. Done by a SMN in the first, BLM in the second.

First and second place tell literally nothing. Those are just padded parses. Just like how o6s is.

wow rank 1 summoner not even have 6.5k raid dps.
https://xivrdps.herokuapp.com/encoun...MdPqAxvYNnQ9/3

rank 1 BLM have over 200 more raid dps than rank 1 summoner
https://xivrdps.herokuapp.com/encoun...Y8P4yRvHrDwb/3

Now if we check speed kills summoner can have 7.1k raid dps
https://xivrdps.herokuapp.com/encoun...RGN64PHgCyp/19

BLM can have even 7.2k raid dps
https://xivrdps.herokuapp.com/encoun...fd1VN4rycnhJ/1

Encounter time often tell more who actually have good raid dps.

[HyoMinPark]

https://xivrdps.herokuapp.com/encoun...jGBXkRwyncbC/8

You absolutely cannot count this parse—it is padded to hell and back again, which is going to skew the parse and skew interpretations. Just looking at the SMN’s 9k damage versus everyone else sitting at 4.6k or lower should tell you that this is possibly one of the worst examples you could ever pick for proving a point.

https://xivrdps.herokuapp.com/encoun...hZPCQRTwgar/23

Literally the same thing for this one.

Padded Phantom Train parses involve blatant Balance-feeding and padding on the adds in which other party members barely even touch them to allow the person being padded all the damage on them. Try using non-padded parses to illustrate your point better, because these are heavily skewed and therefore cannot be used as fair examples of anything more than overly padded damage output.



On topic: I think that BLM is in a better spot than it has been, but it is still out-shone by SMN. And it’s pathetic that the developers haven’t done anything for RDM.

Jobs should not be balanced around the lowest common denominator, nor should they be left as-is in high-end content just because they fill some particular niche elsewhere—re: PotD & RDM.
Ironically, there’s a lot of salt because RDM is literally the only job capable as of right now of getting the solo Floor 200 clear. That’s not particularly fair to the other 14 jobs. Nor is it fair to RDM that they deal less damage than a BRD and offer nowhere near as much utility—raise utility dies the minute you start successfully clearing a fight with zero deaths.