Quote Originally Posted by Risvertasashi View Post
Summoner just has everything.

Superior raw DPS output, but it also gives DPS buffs for burst windows.
It can res like the caster of lower DPS output, which BLM can't do at all.
It has exceptional mobility, to the point where I've seen people call it "like physical ranged DPS, but flashier and not-garbage damage."

SE seems to be pretty happy with the status quo, however. They didn't do much in 5.2.
That's because what you're saying is incorrect.

SMN only has dominance in Savages and Ultimates (8 Man content), NOT Normal Raids, Alliance Raids, End Game Dungeons, or even Normal Trials. There it depends as generally you see BLM or SAM sometimes even DRG. You can check that against the various things in FFLogs at the 90th percentiles.

Why?

Because Savages and Ultimates are almost catered to every strong point of the Summoner Job. First of all, like BLMs they don't have to "fill their guage". They have their strongest technique usable right out of the gate the way BLMs have Enochian off the bat.

Second of all EVERY SMN technique is set out almost perfectly for any scenario that requires a LOT of Movement, the ONLY exception is during the Bahamut trance and even then they can sacrifice damage for movement.

Both DoTs and Pets are automatic, and done server side on a per tick basis... ergo are not affected by Lag, I don't care who you are, you are not playing right next to the server so no matter what technique you use its going to have latency. The largest portion of the SMN damage does not and never will. SO they have a leg up on ANY content where movement becomes a factor where even a Split Second away from DPSing is going to count... (aka a Savage or Ultimate). Remember if you're parcing you are doing it from your machine, not at point zero on the server. So their activity rate would appear the same as anyone else's even though its not.

SMN damage is actually lower than most other jobs, when you compare direct damage to direct damage. So until they change the way Savages and Ultimates are done, SMN will alway dominate even though they do not in other forms of content.

You have what is called a content balance issue not a Summoner balance issue because the type of content you are tunnel visioned into.... plays to EVERY strength of the Summoner job.