Do you think that Picto needs a nerf?

[Realfoxy]

But this has nothing to do with double caster comps

You are basically saying “I support double caster comps existing so why are you so salty about BLM” when the problem isn’t so much melee preference disfavouring double caster it’s the fact that the concept of selfish DPS is inherently flawed because the other person has basically fully agreed with our assessment that there is no situation in which BLM should ever be anything but first amongst the casters because it brings nothing but damage.

This is just as toxic to BLM as it is to the other casters because no only does it mean the other casters will always be weaker than BLM it also leads to the current situation BLM is in where “if it’s not first it’s last” because since BLM has nothing but it’s damage if it isn’t first in damage by definition it’s functionally useless

This problem also applies to SAM and VPR as well

You keep asserting that if selfish DPS jobs aren't top DPS then they're "functionally useless". Why do people keep making excuses for bad balance?

Yes, they should be on top, and I'm tired of pretending that shouldn't be the case. Like if BLM loses to PCT by 1-2% I'll state that balance isn't ideal, but I'll still play the job - also because that would mean a 95 percentile BLM would be better than a 90 percentile PCT.

And the problem with MCH isn't some fundamental issue with selfish DPS or anything like that. It's the developers refusing to get their head out of their ass and give the job some proper, substantial buffs.

Like, if you want to make the argument that party utility is underappreciated by the playerbase outside of res, sure, I'll accept that. But you haven't actually made any sort of case for why we should ignore party utility. Have you ever actually progged an on patch ultimate? Or at least something where mitigation actually matters?

EDIT: And to make things 100% clear, I don't consider raid buffs utility. They're just damage in a different form. If PCT had no party heal and Tempera was self-only, then sure, balance it to be competitive with BLM.