BLM DPS

[Turtledeluxe]

It should only be compared to casters, of which BLM is higher in damage in both rDPS AND aDPS compared to both SMN AND RDM. If a party wants to replace the damage of BLM for the utility of the other 2, they are free to do so.

Why? Answer: you do not want a caster to be as desirable to a party as melee because they help clear things faster and easier. :3 And you just want casters there to res you for when you mess up and perhaps backup heal/buff.

Again, how a job feels to plays has no bearing on it's performance. How people view BLM has no bearing on its performance. I also have no idea how you got from my post clarifying the difference between rDPS and aDPS and how they can potentially be misleading to making the claim I/others hyper focus on a job or that this is the reason for job homogenisation. This is starting to go way out of bounds of the scope of the discussion, which is all about BLM DPS and whether it is an issue or not.

Because it is obvious from the way you talk about the game like it is a job or a science experiment that min maxing is your thing, and the hyper focusing on that is what has led to the obsession with dps across all roles and in part played a role in their homogenization. Part of the homogenization isn't just smoothing out the gameplay, it's making any given classes DPS higher and easier to dish out.

However, lets also make a comparison. Looking at rDPS, SAM tends to sit on the lower end of the DPS chart, however, in aDPS, it dominates. This is a similar situation to BLM, except BLM tops the caster charts in both rDPS and aDPS, however, you do not see people wanting SAM's damage to be buffed (unless I have missed it). If you want my absolute, honest opinion, BLM's damage is fine where it is, it does not need buffing. It does the damage it needs to do for the role it fits into (caster DPS).

I already said in another post BLM does not need buffing, other classes need nerfing. I'm sorry that you feel TOP results given us an indication of job health. Job health isn't solely dependent on a single ultimate nor is solely based on damage output. Part of it is perceived desirability and player participation. Any class with low participation should be looked at, whether its BLM or not. Alternatively, BLM needs utility. You can even pick, I don't care. But saying BLM is fine the way it is is dishonest imo.