Current top 100th percentile on P1S since 6.08 buffs

[Kazimere]

aDPS is a really bad metric to base yourself, rDPS is better. I remember in Stormblood when logs were calced on aDPS and every single ranged physical absolutely wanted and needed a dragoon to do competitive damage. Because DRG's existance gave them 5% DPS which should have rightfully been taxed as rDPS.

If you ask me and my hot take on the matter; ranged physical has been unbalanced since ARR. We only have data since fflogs was created in Heavensward but BRDs were doing equal damage when a DRG was in the party. In Heavensward, the meta was double physical and double melee which is why now each role is required to get the +5% to stats. In Stormblood, ranged phys was doing competitive damage only if Dragoon existed in the party. It was removed in ShB and never properly compensated.

No it's not a bad metric. Not in the slightest, and if you're discounting that bracket then you are part of the problem. This is why Samurai was so busted in SHB, and why BLM is so busted right now (just like it was at the beginning of SHB).

pRanged needed dragoon for the piercing down. It's a support role, and MCH should get some support added to its kit. It's never going to be represented otherwise, because they are never going to make it compete with BLM. Ever.

[Aikaal]

No it's not a bad metric. Not in the slightest, and if you're discounting that bracket then you are part of the problem. This is why Samurai was so busted in SHB, and why BLM is so busted right now (just like it was at the beginning of SHB).

pRanged needed dragoon for the piercing down. It's a support role, and MCH should get some support added to its kit. It's never going to be represented otherwise, because they are never going to make it compete with BLM. Ever.

I was a main DRG/MNK in Stormblood. Both job had pretty similar pDPS. Dragoon had BL + DS + Piercing Debuff. Giving 5% to an entire job, Dragoon was the most broken job in Stormblood.

BLM was already in a good spot on Endwalker. I'm sorry, but when you build strats, do you specifically sabotage your BLM to move more than they need to? Because nobody does that BLM is either an anomaly or both RDM/SMN are undertuned. I'll assume the second option is the correct answer. BLM has good mobility right now. BLM got world first in this tier lol. If mobility truly was a problem, they'd have gone double melee and not pick BLM. If you were to ask me, the only reason I'm not progging as BLM right now, it's because I have invested in crit/det caster gear instead of spell speed/direct hit. If anything, I feel RDM is the least mobile caster and they did get some mobility improved in EW. RDM's mobility is tied on melee uptime and their gimmick makes it they still have to cast once every 2 GCD with only swiftcast and acceleration for quick casts.

Also huh, do you even play caster in savage? Because you'd have a sharper vision of the situation if you did.