Damage "taxes" deserve serious reconsideration

[Azuri]

The wheel of balance inevitably turns and one day even BLM will get to partake of the humble pie and sit at the bottom of the dps charts. SMN and even SAM already had theirs. No one is safe from a "rework". And that will be a glorious day indeed.

[ForteNightshade]

Personally give a res as a role action with a 2 minutes CD on casters. Odds are we're getting a 4th Caster and I'm gonna be severely disappointed if they split "res caster" and "pure caster" because it'll default that RDM/SMN will never be performing like other casters.

What's sad about that potential split is it all but ensures Red Mage and Summoner die. I just don't see how they balance it when they're already overvaluing Raise. Fortunately, since Yoshida came right out and said he wanted to axe Resurrection from Summoner, I suspect they'll either leave Verraise (rip RDM) or kill off Caster rez entirely. I'd prefer the latter at this point. They just can't seem to balance around it.

The wheel of balance inevitably turns and one day even BLM will get to partake of the humble pie and sit at the bottom of the dps charts. SMN and even SAM already had theirs. No one is safe from a "rework". And that will be a glorious day indeed.

Technically, it already did. Black Mage was all but worthless in Heavensward and most of Stormblood. The former was the height of Range dominance while the latter was when they overbuffed Summoner so much, it killed even Machinist.

Which really makes you think. We once lived in a world where Summoner was a god and Machinist was meta.