Quote Originally Posted by Realfoxy View Post
Correct, at the end of the day DPS is DPS regardless of if it comes from a raid buff or from your personal damage.

The only thing Picto should get penalised for in damage is for its utility in party shield + heal, which are both very minor parts of its kit - so it's OK if it's close to the top in DPS. Right now it's probably a little bit too strong but it doesn't need to be nerfed that much.
I honestly don’t think it needs to be nerfed at all, if you get a random PCT in your party there is a 99% chance it will do less than a melee at a similar parse level (for example if both your PCT and melee parse a 66 the melee will do more damage) so for most people PCT is sitting in that space we expected of low melee+ utility

It just pulls ahead at the top end because its incredibly rigid burst has massive potential if you can align all your buffs properly. A difficult DPS (the spread on the two extremes show BLM and PCT are the two hardest jobs in the extremes) with a very high skill ceiling that is rewarded with top DPS is perfect balance in my mind.

BLM is undertuned 100% but PCT fighting for the top spot with the selfish melees is totally fine balance because while it has utility its ceiling is higher, for the average person who can’t reach the ceiling it will fall about where people expect it to fall- low melee