Raise is straight up worth the damage loss when being picky about jobs comes into play (outside of speedclears). Watch any world-first or serious progression group. BLM in these scenarios competes with the potential of a second melee not with the caster slot. Outside of those scenarios (and speedclears) it really doesn't matter what job you choose specifically they will all clear content. SMN is probably still a little undesirable compared to RDM, but not by a big margin and I'm sure serious RDMs are happy to not be prog-mages for a tier.