We cannot achieve balance while DPS jobs have utilities

[Raikai]

I feel like people forget that everything turns into rDPS in the end.

If Phys Ranged (outsourced contributions accounted) ends up being so far compared to PCT and BLM, then people play them just because they a) like the job play/aesthetics or b) have a desirable non-dmg utility. Imagine if the !% party composition slot didn't exist, I wonder how many people would bench DNC/BRD/MCH because yes, they do have strong defensive group actions, but those get obsolete very fast as people get more vitality and the healers get more gear or the SMN/RDM rezzes getting useless because people groups don't need that anymore for reclears.

While I like the idea of a support role (purple icon anybody?), I feel it's too much hassle for them to consider that. But the idea of the Phys Ranged becoming the 'bearer' of the 2min meta would certainly make their spot more valuable. Yes, the impact is bigger if they are dead during the 2min marks, but that isn't a big issue since dps only matters when you're getting to see enrage reliably anyway. Every other action that used to make part of the 2min meta (Brotherhood, Divination), could be repurposed into something else.

That would leave just the RDM/SMN problem of their dps being taxed on the rez, and rather than just deleting it, I'd either make the rez available to everyone via a Phoenix Down consumable OR make Ressurection and Verraise have a 3min recast time.