Quote Originally Posted by Istaro View Post
They do? All caster jobs have 3 phases of management: The build phase where you begin to ramp up your damage to prepare for phase 2: the burst phase when you unleash your nukes in a small window untill durations are up and you enter Phase 3: Cooldown phase, the point where your CDs are used and your hard hitting spells will be weaker while you wait to repeat the process. Visually the jobs all seem different but mechanically they are all the same in the name of "balance" and since you literally have only two types of damage there's really nothing special about each job other than aesthetics.
The "build" phases are all completely different. I don't think BLM even has a "build phase" and SMN has two "Burst" phases in DWT and Bahamut summon. Sounds like you just described RDM and are trying to justify that the other two casters fit that mold.