Quote Originally Posted by Shurrikhan View Post
Who looks at this, though, and says "Hrm, RDM definitely needs buffs while Bard need none," seriously?
Because they don't look at all jobs together, they take each role and look at them in isolation.
Phys Ranged have a perk in having the least downtime of any jobs, and least affected by mechanics, which is very useful in blind runs and initial prog.
Sure it levels out once everyone's learned the fight properly, but until then, they come out on top, such as my FC's initial E1-4S runs where our MCH was by far the highest damage.
Sure you can buff them at their lull (after initial prog) but that also buffs them at their peak, and then you'd end up with way more Phys Ranged in world firsts.
Unless their buffs were purely to rDPS (which rules out MCH) that is.