Quote Originally Posted by Mithron View Post
So why is SAM rDPS so high while MCH is so low, then? I just don't understand the math that will justify that.
One of them is an exception that escapes the rule.
And if I can base myself on BLM, then I believe MCH is the exception.
SAM contributes better to the team but if DNC is so high, it's mainly thanks to Samurai.
We need to look at both aDPS and rDPS to understand how a job can scale with buffs and how much they bring to the party.

If we look into rDPS, MCH brings barely anything to increase the party total DPS.
If we look into aDPS, MCH barely benefits from buffs and generates low rDPS.

I do agree it's important to debate things such as the subjectivity of difficulty.
Even if we go in a circle, we polish our view of the game and our arguments.
Which is what I meant by "dunking on troll arguments". None of them are useless.
I mean, thanks to Firemage we're more convinced jobs shouldn't be balanced around job difficulty.
Thanks to the other guy we're convinced that the gap between melees and ranged is cannot be justified anymore.