Which jobs is at its prime?

[CKNovel]

The whole Ranged role needs a rework of its identity.

During ARR, it was BRD.
During HW, they were Physical Super-Casters with a load of utility + mana battery.
During SB, they were No-cast jobs with Super-Utility (MP and rDPS).

During ShB their utility is less flexible than Casters and limited to a 120s CD mitigation (Reminder Dismantle was 10% for 5s but on 60s)
Damage wise they are near the ground and still easily outshined in a tier where melee uptime is a challenge, for once. Even during Prog, they were at the bottom.

Ranged DPS became the "noob role" where DPS and utility were both gutted in complexity and depth.
It's unhealthy to balance ranged this way next to SMN and its utility, damages and 40% unpunishable instant cast.

As for the topic:

BLM is on the throne for this expansion (At lv80). Great damage, no shame utility wise and an enjoyable rotation.
DRG has been a bit simplified but it might have been required due to the very tight rotation from HW/SB? (Please confirm!)
Ninja, hahaha ration goes brrr. With TA a bit more flexible, I think NIN is quite good. Still needs some QoL, but remains good.
SAM, I'm a bit splitted on it. Compared to SB, it's now a fixed rotation due to Tsubame Gaeshi. But compared to SB SAM, it's better damage wise. Traded a bit of its gameplay for damage.
RDM also in a good place, just lacks complexity gameplay wise.

SMN is the most unhealthy job. It's bad to play due to pets AI, it's incredible damage wise and can easily outshine BLM, has the most insane utility and 40% unpunishable instant cast (60% instant cast overrall). We often agreed that Res should not be taken in account when balancing, but SMN is doing way too much and it's probably why Physick doesn't heal.

MNK is a pile of poop.
It should be taped on each Job designers office "Do not make a job rely on server tick and never forget the clunky Anatman/Flamethrower", next to the "Fix pets" note that should exist since SMN exist.