Let's redefine "damage taxes"

[Rithy255]

This is pretty much how I feel as well. RDM also gets a barrier that shields the group against magic damage (i.e. raidwides), while SMN gets nothing like this unless you count addle, which every caster gets as a role action anyway. I'm not sure why you aren't including this under utility, but I do and so do most people when they talk about this kind of thing.

Basically, I'm just tired. I agree that RDM could use some love, but the people talking about doing more dps than smn "bcuz its ez" clearly just want their job to be on top and don't actually care about a balanced game.

Summoner gets way more mobility, a Party regen and a strong targeted party member regen, I think that more then makes up for magick barrier personally, I generally think they should let rdm be ahead of summoner or you could buff its utility enough to justify being behind Summoner.