Summoner Needs to be buffed

[AkaiHaato]

I think mdps need a small buff in general, while giving a bit more to BLM and SMN. Imo SMN and RDM should do around the same damage while BLM gets to have around 3-5% more. SMN may be easier to play currently, that can change though and how easy or difficult something is to play should not be the standard at which dps is balanced. You'll just end up with more and more people switching to RDM (which is one weapon drop away).

I decided to main SMN, because I like the class fantasy - but if nothing will be done I probably have to focus on the RDM when joining groups.

[Shurrikhan]

I think mdps need a small buff in general

Reaper is overtuned as is, and Monk and SAM are both doing fine. Any buff to the whole sub-role would be a matter of power-creep. No, among them, only DRG and NIN need buffs.

Unless there's a significant difference in non-rDPS utility or ease of play or raid affordances (complete mobility and range being among them, respectively), jobs should have, averaged across most raid tiers in a given expansion, almost perfectly equal rDPS. Ninja is certainly more complex, depends more on party follow-up to see its value through, and provides less (non-rDPS) utility than Reaper. It should therefore be ahead in rDPS. Dragoon, while not much more complex, also provides no non-rDPS utility outside of its single Role Action; it should likewise be ahead of Reaper in rDPS. Arguably, they should both be faintly ahead of Monk and Samurai, too, so long as they have party follow-up on their rDPS raid buffs at equal or greater skill to the SAM or MNK the NIN/DRG would be replacing.