The Raise Tax, and how to address it.

[SalamanderIX]

The raise tax does or doesn't exist, that is to say the raise tax is more of a suggestion than a fact. Many times Summoner and or Red Mage did more damage than other DPS jobs, including Black Mage. They currently are not the worst DPS in the game.
Anyway, I don't think this game is going to improve by taking away or lowering utility away from jobs so they could in theory (if they balanced damage perfectly) all do exactly the same DPS. All it does is take identity away from these jobs. Especially Red Mage, one of the core reasons this job is valued is for its raising ability.

Every jobs DPS is good right now but we're getting to hear how there's a problem with DPS. Why are people getting so fixated on the funny numbers site, with numbers driven by speed runners? And what has been demanding balance changes based on speed running got us? The 2 minute meta, abilities being designed for burst, less utility and choices, more homogenization. Maybe we should just not talk about dps being a problem unless a job is actually having trouble clearing content.