I have to agree with you on SMN after having just played it. I'm not a good SMN player in PvP but I realized that there's really nothing I can do when I have a melee or tank on me. They can just sit on my face and destroy me.

At least with RDM there's displacement and corps a corps that both have a form of CC and BLM can AM, AoE sleep people and heavy/bind as well. Being the only caster with no CC feels pretty bad tbh. It might be better in feast since there's other teammates always nearby to heal and peel, but in FL's that's never promised.

Really sad tbh. I was really looking forward to playing SMN for a long time.