Quote Originally Posted by Jirah View Post
I don’t like these exaggerations of “viability” and “tiers” some may argue on it but I think this thought process is incredibly harmful. All jobs are viable, didn’t have issues clearing savage as a MCH in SB nor did it seem easier when I rolled on other jobs like AST BRD or SAM. MCH popularity in SHB was its night and day accessibility not its “meta viability” as most people that play with MCH don’t even do any of the harder content.

Jobs that can be mastered without training or can be played without much thought are all the rage, another point in DNC favor as it’s only rival of being the easiest job in the game is its ranged cousin. These mains look down on BRD mainly due to it requiring more than just 1-2-3 or in DNC case 1-2-S as we seen many people complain about it being “too hard” “too much to look out for” and “why can’t BRD be as easy as DNC?”
All jobs are viable, but SB MCH was a strictly inferior choice by a significant margin in all possible scenarios. If you were bringing it in any kind of serious prog, you were basically trolling your party (could still clear though). This clearly contributed to BRD's dominance over the last expansion. I'm not arguing about viability though. I'm just saying that this community values glam more than anything else and DNC is just a more "fashionable" job. The fact that it's also "meta" and braindead easy to master helped, but simplicity isn't the main factor here, otherwise MCH should be the second most popular job.