Mch, buffs fixed it or is it still left in the dust?

[Rika007]

I haven't ran into a smn in months, doubt we will be competing against them for anything. I believe Mch is in a good spot and I'm not worries that the clunkfest job got a few buffs.

You haven't ran into a SMN in months because the job was legitimately almost unplayable. But the 'buffs' they got this week fixed that and also made them far stronger. They very easily make up for the 1% role bonus of not bringing a physical ranged, but also bring far more utility then the best physical ranged with a combat Rez, an on call shield for prog with Titan, and a party wide damage buff with devotion. It is 100% a concern.

[Akiudo]

You haven't ran into a SMN in months because the job was legitimately almost unplayable. But the 'buffs' they got this week fixed that and also made them far stronger. They very easily make up for the 1% role bonus of not bringing a physical ranged, but also bring far more utility then the best physical ranged with a combat Rez, an on call shield for prog with Titan, and a party wide damage buff with devotion. It is 100% a concern.

theres also the point that the role bonus pretty clearly is designed in a "this is the reason why no matter what, you most definitely will want one of every role" way, yet the difference in dps is so big its more like "this is the reason you might take a physical range with you... maybe...please?"

[Rika007]

theres also the point that the role bonus pretty clearly is designed in a "this is the reason why no matter what, you most definitely will want one of every role" way, yet the difference in dps is so big its more like "this is the reason you might take a physical range with you... maybe...please?"

When you consider that the gap even at the median percentages between the ranged physical DPS and the upper level melee and casters is over 1.5K DPS, and it get's even bigger the higher up you go, you start thinking that really the only thing keep the ranged DPS around is really for speed Dancer parses and progression because of the physical DPS defensive abilities. What's even more concerning is the way damage works in this game due gear upgrades. With crit scaling, the game is normally in it's most balanced state at the beginning of an expansion and then the upper level jobs start widening the gap the deeper we get into it.