Quote Originally Posted by rewd View Post
This applies to SMN too, which was the overall point. It's not all about casts anyway, as SMN is forced in melee range too due to Ifrit combo (and without any way to quickly get out). The "hurr durr SMN is not casting 90% of the time so it's a phys ranged" has always been a dumb argument.
For two gcds per minute, and displacement is not "a quick way out" in the way one might wish it to be. Compare also to the above figures of 38.1 seconds of mandated melee uptime for its fullest burst and who's out of melee faster?

It's not a dumb argument if one accepts that conceit that casters do more damage because they aren't as mobile. If one rejects that premise, then the other side of the argument becomes again "raise both smn and the phys ranged up in damage."