Ranged DPS role is about to be excluded from all content

[Marc-Vigar]

Nobody is saying that ranged DPS should do the same damage as melee DPS, they are saying that the disparity in the damage is causing parties to not value ranged at all.

IMO ranged should be rebalanced to have high utility while keeping their current damage, this would make parties value them while still balancing them against their benefits. That won't happen though, so more damage is needed to make them viable.

Is there any job unable to complete the hardest content due failed DPS checks? No. Therefore it's just a matter of community perception. Same thing happens in other games like WoW where if you don't play X job you aren't invited into groups despite being perfectly capable of clearing the content. Elitism is what kills the jobs, not a 2k DPS difference.

There was an exceptional case which was NIN, being melee with it's utility gutted and being bottom DPS, but they already buffed it so now it's time to see how those buffs affect the rankings.

I'm also a big defensor of Easy job = low damage and Hard job = high damage, despite the controversy when measuring difficulty.

Of course there are others that need fixes, DNC needs a slight damage buff and SMN needs a complete rework beacause this oGCD spam is maddening.

[AikenDrum]

Is there any job unable to complete the hardest content due failed DPS checks? No.

With 7 99% players a job with 0 dps would be able to complete hardest content.

[UfoCoffee]

Is there any job unable to complete the hardest content due failed DPS checks? No. Therefore it's just a matter of community perception. Same thing happens in other games like WoW where if you don't play X job you aren't invited into groups despite being perfectly capable of clearing the content. Elitism is what kills the jobs, not a 2k DPS difference.

There was an exceptional case which was NIN, being melee with it's utility gutted and being bottom DPS, but they already buffed it so now it's time to see how those buffs affect the rankings.

I'm also a big defensor of Easy job = low damage and Hard job = high damage, despite the controversy when measuring difficulty.

Of course there are others that need fixes, DNC needs a slight damage buff and SMN needs a complete rework beacause this oGCD spam is maddening.

It's nmot elitism. It's people choosing the path of least resistance. Same reason why no one wants 70 raids for roulette instead of 50 etc Whatever makes things easier people will always gravitate towards.