Quote Originally Posted by Vendalwind View Post
No.
Well, that was the "Optimal DPS is 1 selfish + 3 support"

Where max DPS was using BLM or SAM plus the aforementioned 3 supports, it just required a really good BLM/SAM to work and was far easier to do near enough DPS with SMN instead (While having an extra Swiftcast Raise to boot)

A meta will always exist. but the nature of the meta and the balance as i suggest above will yield your ideal scenario most effectively.
It won't. Your way of balancing will push people towards the aforementioned StB meta, where people will use the comp with the most bang for the buck, not the max DPS one but the one that provides the highest DPS without requiring as much skill (With the max DPS comps being used only by those who do speed clears)

You assumed much beyond the scope of my post. I spoke of maximized dps. not viability.
Maximized DPS and viability go hand in hand. Since viability is determined by the players on which jobs fit into the "Meta" which is determined by maximized DPS. For example, situations where people would decline BLM's, RDM's, MCH's and SAM's for raids during StB because they weren't "Good Enough" (It wasn't universal, but it did happen). Could you clear all content with non-"Meta" jobs? Yes. But some people didn't care about that, in favour of "Max DPS".