BLM DPS

[Turtledeluxe]

You keep missing that BLM is not competing for a melee slot, it is competing for a caster slot, therefore, it is balanced against the other casters. The fact it can do the same damage as a melee is irrelevant. As for why SAM is top, SAM is a melee, they naturally do more damage than casters, so, for SAm to be a selfish melee DPS, it has to do more than the melee, which puts it at the top. Simple.

Melee naturally do more damage than casters? How did it take the entire topic for you to finally point this out? Can you please explain what you mean by this and provide some kind of source? You say in your own post, BLM is a challenge to use but you're saying its OK that it's not comparable to SAM basically because other casters will cry? Then the solution here is to nerf SAM. Very simple.

People always underestimate how mobile BLM actually is

Well that's part of what makes a good BLM vs a an average or bad one. IMO, even though I do not play Ultimate content and have no stake in leaderboards, for the sake of argument, in all modes of content, a BLM who is truly utilizing the class and playing well should have top DPS. As the data shows it's not like every single BLM is pushing out peak damage anyway. There is a lot of room to be a non-peak BLM, in fact more than other classes if I am not mistaken.