Honestly, I wouldn't care so much about ranged doing less damage if party support was at least more interesting.

Why can't we have party mp regen? Or a single target mitigation? Or a raidwide shield? At least then ranged would be more useful as a role because a good ranged can shield and buff to help the supports and tanks with mechanics. At the moment all we get is boring damage boost skills and a 120s cd raidwide mitigation skill, and if you're a dancer you get a small heal for stackup mechanics.

If they can't make ranged do more damage then the least they can do is make it more useful