Concerns Regarding DPS Balance: Physical Ranged, Red Mage, and Summoner

[Khryseis_Astra]

Being caster is having cast for most of its rotation
Sadly this isn't the case for red mage and Summoner and I believe this is the reason why they are this weak.. developer don't want to anger true casters by this low cast time jobs

A caster casts spells. You said it yourself, there are long cast times and slow/instant cast times… I'm not a fan of the idea of “true casters” only being the ones with long casts. Having started the game on a slow caster, I enjoy playing a fast caster now, and having variety is a good thing.

We have a balance within the group… 2 fast, 2 slow, 2 that can rez, 2 that can’t. While I wouldn’t mind seeing the gap between their damage numbers narrow at least a little, you can still find good SMN, RDM and phys ranged out-dpsing a bad BLM or melee at times. (Not so much PCT or VPR though! lol)

And that would be my ideal as far as balancing goes: if you play your job well, your damage should reflect that, so just play the job you enjoy playing! The idea that some jobs aren’t “worth” playing just because they’re not at the top of the dps charts is oddly persistent here for a game that has over 20 battle jobs and keeps adding more each expansion.