Is ranged support dps needed as a job type anymore?

[CKNovel]

LOL Your main point that if ranged did the same DPS as casters then groups wouldnt take casters anymore is a slippery slope argument.

Also, you didnt even read my post to see why your slippery slope is bad and why it would never happen.

A slippery slope is a chain of event "If A happens, Z will inevitably happen".
If I clean the floor, it will become slippery -> My son will slip on the floor -> My son will knock his head on the table. "If I clean the floor, my son will knock his head on the table".

Going from "If Ranged are buffed" to "No one will take melee/casters" is incredibly unlikely and indeed one hell of slippery slope.
The real problem is that this scenario will not happen because we already experienced it!

1) During HW, SMN and BLM were not unplayed and refused in groups, they were still played despise the "broken" status of MCH&BRD.
2) Considering the argument "if X does not enough damage, no one will pick X", this is the actual situation right now. Ranged are lower, but they are not excluded from parties.
3) Like said before, it will always remain 1 melee, 1 caster, 1 ranged and 1 flex spot. Plus, you can't stack Tactician(s), but having 2 raises is not a loss.
4) People play what they want to play, despite MCH underwhelming status, there is still MCH players.

If the situation were reverse, you would just see the flex spot change.