Let's redefine "damage taxes"

[Aikaal]

1% is less than 10.7% What even are you trying at here?

"Ranged Physical are only 2.5% between each other. This is fine."

But the best melee and the worst ranged physical is 10.7%.

If the 11th DPS is 1% behind the 10th DPS and you keep that trend then it'll end up being 11%. This is extremely high. This is why it doesn't work and you'd want ideally 4% to 5% between the best and worst DPS.

1% at this stage is 100 DPS. That's significant.

Edit; This is also why someone told you 1% more DPS was a significant reason to play a job over another