Quote Originally Posted by Turtledeluxe View Post
Then the solution is to give BLM some kind of utility-not telling every BLM player they have to be the top tier best performers in the game in order to make their class barely worth playing based on a few % points you calculated for the Omega Protocol.
We're talking high-level content, I expect the skill level to be commensurate (for any class). You play with 7 other people who want to clear, it's just respect. Then in this case it depends on the static and to make it clear immediately that you can't guarantee a certain level of optimization, each static has the right to make his own considerations. But that's not the point and it never wanted to be. I wanted to underline how difficult the blm is to optimize but playing the class you are aware of this fact. And if you don't get to a certain degree of optimization, you can't expect to do the same damage as a dps that is highly optimizing. So when I compared rdm and blm experts because it is the closest parameter to be able to say that in any case the optimization of the blm is paid. (I didn't compare it with the smn because that would have been a joke.)

The post was born, with the wrong consideration. It's one thing to say that the blm does equal damage to the other casters but the other casters also have buffs, so the post is implying that the other casters' rDPS is actually higher, which is not true, It is one thing to say that the level of optimization complexity is not well rewarded. (proportionate pay? too little pay? Let's discuss)

Also BLM aren't just competing with ranged casters-- I'm not sure why you frame it that way. This is a DPS forum-- DPS roles are being compared in general.
because in the game blm competes for the caster spot. And unlike the other casters, it can also compete for the second spot of melee.

Don't forget mobility
w8, if the blm is considered one of the most difficult classes to optimize, it is also because of its mobility. When you play the class, you know very well that it will be complicated to adapt to the mechanics because from level 1 you are put in the condition that you cannot move.

If BLM had a decent enough edge in DPS, that alone would be the motivator to play it.
And it already is. The blm is a class that does a lot of damage, certainly more than other casters, and not by such an indifferent percentage. So even if it gets more damage, it will not change the situation blm already has.