Marksman jobs and keyboard faceroll playstyle

[MoonShi]

Hola guys, my english not that great but i hope u can understand me right.
When u play melee jobs u cant deal damage cause u have to move marks away from party, dodge void zones. You must observe position (like flank, rear attacks) if u wanna do max potency combo.
When u play mage u have to cast spells, and when u cast them u cant move.

And here comes Machinist guy and another ranged jobs like this.
You deal damage from distance, u don't care about void zones cause u can shoot while moving, u dont care about observe positions, cause those jobs don't have positional damage requirements. And those jobs deal equal damage and more then another dps jobs.
Like, what the hell this marksman jobs skill requirements

[SpeckledBurd]

Actually Machinist, Bard, and Dancer all deal considerably less damage than the melee or the casters.

[MoonShi]

Well, looks like we playing different games

[Lastelli]

Well, looks like we playing different games

No...it's just that you don't look at the data and have a very superficial knowledge about this game.

Melee/BLM/SMN >> RDM > DNC/MCH > BRD in terms of damage output. There's some variability depending on the encounter.

This will probably change soon as RDM is getting buffed.

On a side note, physical ranged DPS are typically tasked with more mechanics when possible because of their mobility, BLM is catered to by the rest of the party to let him stay still as much as possible and in most cases melee dps can simply stick behind the boss.

[MoonShi]

Im not agree with that

[LunaFaelyn]

I am a physical ranged main and have been so for 3 years. They are the lowest dps. And casters and melee have skills to allow them to move with less penalties. Ranged also have to move and dodge aoe and are at as much risk as melees in certain fights. If you are a melee doing less damage than a physical range than it might be you equipment or rotation. Physical ranged for the most part have a high burst window and proc based skills while melee have a set rotation and consistent damage. I don't mind the lower damage of bard and dancer because they have a support skills that justify them being the lowest dps.

[Nedkel]

Thats why melee jobs are slightly higher in performance to make up for the difference in gameplay, its all balanced.

[Satarn]

Im not agree with that

Well, you're allowed to be wrong.

[SleepyNeko]

Sounds like you only play content where everyone zergs the boss.

ranged dps usually ends up having to handle all the mechanics due to its ability to attack from afar without losing uptime, so usually if a melee needs to move away because of mechanics it will be a tank doing it. Pretty much all optimization for high end content in this game is catered to melee dps.

[MoonShi]

yeah i see, only one sided answers, so you guys looks satisfied