Just FYI ranged are brought to ultimate because tactician is necessary, and the 1% raid damage for having a ranged is meaningful. If they were just a bit worse on dps, I'm fairly certain they'd bring another caster or melee. In fact, that is what happened prior to the buffs.

DNC are "fine" in the same way that all ranged are "fine", because they're OK.

But they (ranged) are the lowest dps.

On *every* fight. This should be considered an issue.

Yes ranged have "movement advantage". But if that advantage doesn't actually translate to higher damage, then the point is moot.

Put it another way, if the penalties for playing other roles (can't cast while moving, can't melee unless melee range) were actual penalties, then there should be real fights where ranged outdps caster/melee right? There should be -some- fight that plays to ranged strengths right?

But there isn't. That is the issue.

There is no point to having a movement advantage, because there aren't actually any fights where that means you do more damage than other classes.