Do people seriously not remember that NIN/DRG/BRD/MCH were the meta up until halfway through Stormblood, where the overbuffed SMN’s synergy with BLM is what unseated MCH? And that meta period included when Bowmage was a thing? And it had nothing to do with TP/MP concerns, but rather, their DPS output under crit buffs and with piercing?

I believe SMN should be nerfed even as a die hard main but good god at least remember what actually made each class broken. Piercing is what explains the gap now. Get 70-80% of that back in personal potency and ranged jobs are fine again.