Quote Originally Posted by baklava151 View Post
+1, but I'd guess the reason it works the way it does is for SMN to catch raid buffs immediately. In fact the only two jobs that still have some buildup to their strongest attacks are DRG and MNK while everyone else can blow theirs in the opener immediately. I would still love if it worked the other way around for SMN though.
Not just DRG and MNK. Also BLM, RDM, WHM, SAM and RPR. So it's not an exception, it's actually the norm to build up tot he strongest skills. Rushing Bahamut as an opener and give access to it BEFORE the three elemental primals feels backwards and takes away relevance to Bahamut since it is treated as a standard spell/phase and also takes away relevance from Phoenix since it is exactly like another bahamut phase but with less damage. The three elemental primals also lose relevance since their attacks are not as strong and you can't open with them.

What doesn't makle sense is to have your strongest primal made available early and get lower damage primals at lvl 90 or to burst strong at start and go downhill from there as you keep fighting.