Why do melee dps have buffs?

[CelestiCer]

First off, not all Melee's have Raid-buffs?

• NIN Trick Attack
• MNK Brotherhood
• DRG Battle Litany + Dragon Sight
• RPR Arcane Circle
• SAM has nothing

And I am assuming you mean " Melee's with Raid-buffs? " specifically?

My Samurai has Fugetsu and Fuka. But if we're talking just Raid-buffs? they exist to differentiate Jobs performances and gameplay while giving Square means to Balance Job's personal DPS output and non personal Raid DPS contribution, which also should encourage team-work. Without this? and if we include all jobs as well? they would lack purpose to exist cause aside from Utility? every job will fight to deal equal DPS because nothing separates them anymore aside from aesthetics, slight rotation and gauge/resource spending differences.

Do Players require to properly use Raid-buffs? " to clear content now? No
Ignoring normal content below Extreme's and 1st Week Savage tier, any fight engagement or encounter with an Enrage? needs players to pull their weight or be as weightless as they can be. Players do not benefit by making themselves a sack of heavy rocks, specially not for their own Clear. Learning how to work with Raid-buffs increases DPS output to make the Enrage easier or killing the boss far before they ever reach Enrage, even at times allowing to skip mechanics for an easier (re)clear.

The sad reality however...
Is that some high-end content can have very forgiving Enrages, which can become easier as time passes by into the patch due to accessible ilvl. Which doesn't entice nor force players to self-improve to learn how to utilize Raid-buffs or view it as a requirement " ever ". Very common to see players casting raid-buffs 30s to a full min apart from each-other, even when they never died. And this can come from players who raided up to years longer then yourself. It reminds me of the other mindset...

• Doing Good DPS? doesn't solve Mechanics
• Doing Mechanics correctly? gets you to Enrage

Pretty good mindset sure. But eventually? Players need to do more then AWSD movement buttons to beat that Enrage. So while proper usage of Raid-buffs can feel Lackluster? due to lack of synergy in parties with random players and cause you kinda don't need it to clear the current content available this far into the patch? It rarely hurts to be able to deal or provide more damage. All you can do is do your best and hope players make the most out of the Raid-buffs available.

I do not view Melee's with Raidbuffs as accessories either. I view them as my teammates, even when they are random. I view them as fellow players who might need help with a clear or are there to help me get my clear or farm together with.