Balance, Homogenisation and Encounter Design: The Problem.

[ForteNightshade]

It is on the players when there is nothing in the game that tells the players to take that 20% monk over that 50% ninja. That is purely player preference. Sure, that preference is influenced by the state of the game, but it is still a preference rather than the game telling you that a ninja cannot work on so-and-so fight regardless of how good the player is.

They know FFlogs exists, and thereby know most raiders will have this knowledge. There is no excuse for any jobs to have that large a discrepancy. It isn't player preference, it's basic pragmatism.