Quote Originally Posted by Equitable_Remedy View Post
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They do lore-wise! At least partially lol. I’m sure they explain in one of the early class quests that Mudras/Ninjutsu is identical to the ‘spell casting’ we have in Eorzea. In that ‘Mudras’ are essentially how they cast spells in the East. Different means towards the same end. I have Ninja at level 90 but my skill with it is non-existent lol so I can’t really say how it stacks up compared to ranged/casters, but it’s fun to play at least lol.

If there’s one thing for certain is that regardless of where your opinion falls on whether casters/ranged have/haven’t suffered, Melee have really benefitted this expansion lol. For better and worse lol.

Quote Originally Posted by Valence View Post
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1) Definitely true; as much as I meme about Bard, in terms of actual output there’s actually fairly good balance between ranged dps, and just all dps in general (give or take). There’s no job currently that ‘isn’t worth taking’ to any content. Still, there are a lot less Bard and Machinists than Dancers according to a certain website, so I do think there’s something there. Though it may be there’s less players for them purely because of the meme lol
2) Again this is a good point I didn’t touch on. Summoner and Red Mage do have good utility; it’s not like they do less damage but have nothing to show for it. I do kind of wish we had more opportunities to use them, but then that’s more an encounter design issue
3) It’s also worth mentioning as well that in my experience, Phoenix / Everlasting Flight tends to line up with boss AoEs as well. So even if you’re not thinking about it, it’s rare that it’ll literally do nothing