Let's redefine "damage taxes"

[Kabooa]

Pïcture a race where everyon must cross the finish line before 100 seconds everyone needs to finish. What needs balancing?
The one that complete with 20 extra seconds or the one that completes with barely 2 extra seconds?

You can (and should) balance from both ends, depending on the scenario.

In this specific question, given that you are intended to finish at ~100 seconds, this means that the person finishing around 95-99 seconds is about where they would want everyone to be, so the people finishing in 80-85 seconds need to be nerfed.

You don't need those knee caps anyways.

[CKNovel]

In this specific question, given that you are intended to finish at ~100 seconds, this means that the person finishing around 95-99 seconds is about where they would want everyone to be, so the people finishing in 80-85 seconds need to be nerfed.

I would understanding in PvP.
But in PvE this is the crab mentality, the feeling that we must pull others down.

If all jobs could complete the race in 80s then that race must be adapted to 80s.
Of course in the best of worlds, there wouldn't be such discrepancy, but here we have jobs 10% behind.