Is ranged support dps needed as a job type anymore?

[Gaethan_Tessula]

Actually this is a fallicy. That video of the summoner "solo macro" is a lie. What is actually happening is a series of macros that copy bars over to make it seem like it is a single macro. The same thing could be accomplished on any job tbh.

The original guide video was quite clear that the way to actually make it work, w/o major losses from clipping and drift, is to use hotbar copying. The new guide is even more clear, discussing the matter from the beginning. There's no "lie" beyond people failing to watch the entire video, misunderstanding what they're seeing, or being hyperbolic when discussing it.

And no, it's not something that could be done on any job, not to the same degree of success at any rate. The present SMN one-button macro chain needs a specific range of SpS to not innately drift just from the few places they couldn't prevent clips. Thus, any job with semi-random procs (BRD, BLM) or more nuanced optimization can't be one-buttoned to the same degree of effectiveness. People could always macro their rotations - the real issue exposed with summoner is how close to the skill ceiling one can get with a near-automated (just add mashing) setup.