Picto sweeps

[Voidmage]

Yeah I agree. PCT can be on the same level of DPS as BLM if they remove utility from it. It has a group mit, a damage buff and a heal. Even though it has a lot of downtime it's damage should not be on par or higher than BLM.
If they got rid of the raid buff and the heal then I think it would be fair to have them as equal, or rework the raid buff to be a leylines zone where others have to stand in maybe.

BLM should never have a raid buff but I don't see it having a group mitigation as a bad idea it should least make manaward a shorter CD because tempera is basically a 60CD selfish or 90CD group wide. If the Devs want PIC and BLM to have equal damage equal out their utility, seriously is the Res tax actually that much bigger over a utility tax?

I don't think they want both have equal damage. It's just number juggling from here on out. BLm will get it's buffs for sure, nothing new there.
PCT needs a bit less damage but not to much because the 4s cast times are there after all. I'm also against removing its utility. That would just be homogenization again. It can be a nice spot between BLM and RDM to lessen the gap between the casters.
It's also kinda more burst heavy in contrast to BLM so another thing to contrast them. At least it seems to me.

What RDM needs is a personal shield and maybe some other kind of raidwide stuff. Other then that it is in a good spot right now from gameplay perspective I think.
Res is a big thing in progging and in other content though. I bet to say it would also be more usefull and not such a "stupid" tax if they lessened the body- and dps checks and found other things to make fights interesting. Then it could shine in more then prog but thats another discussion.