Summoner rework is a huge dissapointment

[Reinha]

Personally, I want one of two things to happen to the caster rez. One: just delete it from rdm and smn completely and buff them accordingly. That way we don't have these arguments about who is better for prog and farming among the casters. Or two: Nerf the rez to have a 1 to 2 min cooldown, make it a oGCD and instacast, and make it a role action. That way smn, rdm, and blm has the same type of rez at all time.

I agree with these solutions. It could be an oGCD role action, but I'd say the cd should be longer than that so casters aren't solely responsible for raising. Maybe 5 minutes.

BRD and dancer should be at they bottom with the amount of damage utility they provide. No question.

Dancer and Bard because their supports are up 100%?

Also if I never pressed Raise once in a fight, should my DPS still suffer because of it? This is why they should just give SMN/RDM a damage debuff when they use it as compensation, so people would stop complaining about it.

Maybe I should have clarified that I was talking about rDPS, the total damage contribution that takes into account the damage caused from sharing buffs. DNC has two heals with long cooldowns and BRD has Esuna-lite and a healing buff. If the argument is that a Raise is not useful because healers are powerful and constantly bored, then extra heals are even less useful. They can't save a run if healers die, but a Raise can. Jobs in the ranged role don't even offer TP and MP anymore.

Even if you never press Raise during the whole fight, the point is you still have it. Why take a BRD or DNC as a 4th dps when SMN does equal or more damage (rDPS), is equally mobile but is also able to recover a run when it's needed? Other jobs need to provide something that makes up for their lack of utility, and that something has typically been higher dps.