[Machinist] What is going on?

[jrollins89]

Doesn't Tactician reduce damage taken by a percent? I know it cancels out dancer's shield samba and bard's whatever it was called. But folks saying it needs to have something for the party, the most common thing I'm seeing already exists, doesn't it?

Tactician is, for all intents and purposes, a "Role Action". It has the exact same effect as Shield Samba and Troubadour and you can only be affected by one at a time, the only difference being name and which level they're obtained at. So claiming that MCH brings party utility/isn't a selfish DPS because of Tactician would be the same as saying that BLM isn't a selfish DPS because it has Addle. Or Samurai because it has Feint. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense, now does it?