Quote Originally Posted by Bourne_Endeavor View Post
Which results in the DRG/BRD/MCH dilemma. All this accomplishes is forced compositions as very few BRD/MCHs want anything to do with groups who aren't running DRG. As for meta. No, Meta is relevant to everyone. You don't have to be World First caliber to benefit from Trick Attack, Litany and etc. Those abilities are simply better. Put it this way, an 80% DRG will still contribute more overall damage to the party than a 90% SAM. Does that mean people should be utterly beholden to the meta comp? No. But dismissing it outright is equally naive. Just because every job can clear content doesn't mean each job is good. A prime example of this is WHM. There is precisely one thing WHM has over AST: Divine Benison. That is it. In every other category, AST utterly dominates WHM's entire kit. Therefore, playing WHM is objectively inferior regardless of whether you're a 99% player or a 50%

In scenarios such as the aforementioned, it's fundamentally bad design when a job is that much better than its counterpart.
SE still needs to make more jobs work well with others and buff skills from jobs that need it or they can remove slashing, peircing, blunt damage from all jobs and boost all jobs damage accordingly, something i fear they will do since so many jobs are left out from party compositions. we will never have jobs on a even playing field, either your bring DPS, Utility, or alittle of both. the problem is some jobs dont have enough to satisfy the group, or hardly anything helpful for the party. looking at MCH/BRD, their whole 3.0 toolkit was placed in Melee and casters role action and they never gave MCH compensation for its lose but BRD was greatly compensated. Hell the MCH/WHM got it the worse in 4.0. for losing their toolkit to help others fill role actions, the DRK is a bad design for what people have to endure just to push out damage. Hopefully they have been listening to people about WHM/MCH/DRK and what needs improving for these three jobs, i think the rest are in a good spot for now.