Quote Originally Posted by Akiudo View Post
considering the physical ranged are so far below every other class even with the 1% buff you would be better of taking a second melee compared to a single physical ranged if you allready got 2 casters i fail to see why you would think melees are the one in danger of losing a spot, also having 1 melee spot as a given (for the 1% buff which is actually useful as their dps is right up their aswell as melee lb) 3 other melee classes potentially having to actually fight for a spot with a second caster ? that thought really is horrific, absolutely unrealistic but having melees actually compete for the last slot (after they got the mandatory safe first spot every dps type should have and which ranged are in a lot more realistic position to lose to double caster) is indeed a terrible thought
You misunderstand that in a composition, Physical Ranged are the only DPS that can reduce raid-wide damage by 10%, compared to the likes of Feint and Addle which only affect enemy stats(provides circa 6-7% Damage Type Mitigation). On top of that, also providing buffs in the case of BRD/DNC, or outputting raw damage as MCH. Even then, you want at least one to alleviate healers so they can DPS more. if you replace that with SMN, you're basically trading off that mitigation and buffs for Devotion, which is just a 5% Damage Buff for the raid. It may sound rather out of place at first, but the data speaks for itself. If SE makes any small changes come 4.11 or 4.15, we'll see what they do to fix the situation.