Quote Originally Posted by NaiXizi View Post
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The thing is these are anecdotal based on what you think and your experiences which is fair and all but what they are remains opinions. Different people find other jobs more or less taxing. Some BLM mains I know find SMN overwhelming and too much to think about just as some RDM mains do too, meanwhile I know plenty of omnicasters that love them all in different ways with a leaning to one over the others.

I'm not sure I agree that the job has a low investment for a high return given the dispersion of results for every fight. If it were low the interquartile and general range for SMN would be much tighter than it is. There is a strong floor from the post-change pet damage and the nature of the DoTs, but those are not the majority of total damage - there remains everything else to resolve in order to reach those heights. Similarly, the xivanalysis module requirements for SMN is pretty extensive vs some of the other jobs which reflects its complexities when achieving the higher returns. There's a lot to think about with many smaller points of failure that cumulatively add up instead of it being mostly contained to fewer facets. BLM has the most eggs in the gcd basket, RDM more in the middle, but SMN has eggs spread in many smaller baskets.

Minimum firepower is incredibly vague and for BLM could range from scathe spam or mono ice mage, to unenchanted melee combos on RDM. The baseline needs to be defined instead of being handwavey. Even more reasonable baselines for all the jobs without a thorough understanding of the nuances is respectable for all 3.

It's still early days for this raid tier which is why I suggest seeing how things shake up by the end. We generally find parses hold a lot more weight by week8+. As it is the people who are mostly or actually BiS in groups are week1-3 clearers.