Summoner Needs to be buffed

[Kolsykol]

No, they have lower DPS because of mobility. MCH is a selfish DPS and generally has lower DPS than other DPS roles. It's pretty much never on par with black mage or samurai, the other 2 selfish DPS.

Summoner is also hardly lacking in utility.

It should be noted that their ability to combat ress was diminished because of the rework.
The party damage buff is nice and all but it doesn't really make up for their own low performance.

RDM can do everything SMN does and deal significantly more damage.
And it can also do the utility stuff better than SMN with less sacrifices.

As far as I understand Sharpcast is part of SMN's rotation and using it to ress is problematic for them.