Quote Originally Posted by Aikaal View Post
Actually, I do think it's an issue if 1 caster is doing 700 more rDPS than the 2 other casters. It's not just SMN. Who would bring SMN/RDM for optimized runs? Just bring MNK/Melee/(BRD/DNC)/BLM in 6.08

Should BLM be stronger? Yeah, should it by like 7% overall rDPS? That's a bold statement when people create strategies that literally make their job brain dead with little to no movement.

You can faceroll your keyboard on any job have have an average performance also. Have you heard of this wonderful and great Paradox BLM rotation that was doing 3 to 4% less DPS than the actual rotation but you didn't had to cast a single Fire IV and it is extremely mobile? It still exists. The reason why BLM was overbuffed was to rewards BLMs more for using the proper rotation. Paradox rotation is still 300~400 more DPS than SMN with the same mobility than SMN. All reworks and new jobs in EW are designed to be accessible and easy. MNK was properly done, not SMN. Before damage buffs, they need to fix the rotation issues.

Not gonna lie, I'm kinda glad some people are exposing the memes on SMN since it should start knocking. To be honest, it's a matter of time until most people don't pick SMN and jobs like MCH. Just kill the entire job to make them realize how they massacred their beloved jobs.
Who would bring the 8 DPS that aren't a part of the highest DPS composition in an optimized run? The second you get into the highest level of optimization there are 8 jobs that are instantly not worth it unless a certain job excels in the particular fight. Raise has always costed DPS (because it is an extremely useful tool to learn and recover) and they demonstrably balance around effort which BLM also needs to put significantly more of into high end content than RDM or SMN. Do I personally like Raise being a shackle for only 2 of the 3 casters? Not really, but it's logical to balance around it.