So about Summoner...

[HyoMinPark]

Nonetheless, people need to stop worrying about "speedkill" meta when 99.9% of the playerbase doesn't take part in it. Unless you're actually at the top 1% where optimizing this heavily matters, then "meta" is honestly irrelevant excluding some considerations for progression.

In my opinion, this still doesn’t really excuse the fact that RDM is so weak in terms of personal DPS with questionable utility to try and “make it up” in rDPS contribution. Verraise’s utility goes away with prog, and Embolden is laughably weak if you look at it compared to the others. Yet, it’s weaker than an equally skilled BRD, who is one of the kings of utility. RDMs don’t have to conform to a “speedkill meta mindset” to want their job to offer more—be it in utility or personal damage.

RDM on the other hand is a victim of its own kit. Everyone wants to say RDM damage is so low but did anyone forget that it has the most overpowered raise utility in the game??? Did anyone forget that it has one of the most simplest rotations in the game, and can be played reasonably well with hardly any effort???

Verraise goes away with prog—once you start consistently clearing a fight with zero deaths, that utility is dead. Compare that to the other rBuffs, which never become flat out useless (unless you have a MNK in a triple-caster setting, but even then the tanks still benefit from Brotherhood, which is better than no one “benefiting” from Verraise).

Rotational complexity is a moot point—the developers have flat out said they balance personal DPS with utility, not based on how complex or simple a job is to play. RDM has less utility than other “utility jobs” (this includes SMN), and less personal DPS.