DPS mentality in MMOs

[Shurrikhan]

[1] There is a significant difference between current raid buffs and what a pure support job would have to offer. [2] Taking my aforementioned figure, 7,500 rdps exclusively through buffs amounts to 1,071 for each individual party member. This immediately becomes mandatory because people like seeing their personal numbers balloon up. A prime example of this was 3.4 Astro. No one gave a damn WHM could contribute just fine. They wanted 10% aoe Balance. A pure support job is 3.4 Balance on steroids.

[Still 2.] Even if it wasn't a pure support job but one which heavily favored it. The same argument applies.People will prioritize having a job that buffs their numbers.

Two issues here.

1. You are arguing for a pure support, and I am explicitly not. I've argued only that no one has asked for a pure support, but simply something that actually feels like a support. Gameplay outweighs percentile rDPS to pDPS in making a satisfying support job. A rDPS passive battery is neither fun nor "supportive" in its feel. I very much doubt that XIV would implement a job that is literally incapable of solo content.
   
   
2. You have supplied an issue that has nothing to do with balancing and everything to do with xivrdps.com not being integrated with fflogs.com. That's it. That is the only issue with high-pDPS jobs at the moment and the only thing that would guarantee the presence of a support when otherwise balanced.

Edited to connect the dots more clearly via underlining, for those confused.