The current State of Casters 6.05 edition - balancing discussion

[Aikaal]

Every DPS should have roughly the same rDPS at 100% uptime. That should be the goal of SE.

I actually don't believe that. If melee must deal with uptime and what little left they have of positionals, it should be a job caveat that rewards them with extra power. Similar to casters that need to plan their mobility.

That being said, mobility is an overrated metric. The moment a melee has the same uptime than a ranged, then mobility has no value. I do believe people overestimate how much value mobility has.

Speaking of melee uptime, both Summoner and Red Mage are dealing some degree of melee uptime in their kit with RDM having a heavier melee uptime now.

[tearagion]

I actually don't believe that. If melee must deal with uptime and what little left they have of positionals, it should be a job caveat that rewards them with extra power. Similar to casters that need to plan their mobility.

That being said, mobility is an overrated metric. The moment a melee has the same uptime than a ranged, then mobility has no value. I do believe people overestimate how much value mobility has.

Speaking of melee uptime, both Summoner and Red Mage are dealing some degree of melee uptime in their kit with RDM having a heavier melee uptime now.

Mobility often has the value of providing melee uptime, for example The Vault's final boss tether, non-melee can easily break the tether to give uptime, and a much more extreme example baiting liquid hells in UCoB, where any melee, healer, or caster is going to have to either lose damage or spend resources to bait them whereas physranged can bait them all without altering their rotation at all. This is something often overlooked in rDPS debates, probably because it's entirely dependent on a fight having such a mechanic.