Why do people care about potency so much?

[Asari5]

This shows that you have no idea what you are talking about. We know nothing about the new fights .. We know that no matter how the fight is every job has tools to deal with it to lose little to nothing. We are playing a game where even pre7.2 BLM can deal with mechanics like TOP - Bluesceen without dropping a single gcd.

limited tools though. which at some point are a dmg loss. it also depends on buff windows. do ninjas use their ninjutsu in the buffwindow or to keep uptime? will it be different in each window?

yeah maybe our tools will be enough to do way more dmg than mch... but maybe not. we just have the information they gave us. if you dont trust them anymore thats fine. but for now thats what we know.

[YukioKobayashi]

limited tools though. which at some point are a dmg loss. it also depends on buff windows. do ninjas use their ninjutsu in the buffwindow or to keep uptime? will it be different in each window?

yeah maybe our tools will be enough to do way more dmg than mch... but maybe not. we just have the information they gave us. if you dont trust them anymore thats fine. but for now thats what we know.

Do you really believe they are going to give us a fight harder than ultimates when it comes to melee and caster uptime? Ofc not. The odds in winning a lottery irl are higher than yoshida turning "midcore" content into actual hard content.
Beside that it can also be beneficial to use your ranged or movement tools. Pre 7.2 BLM Triple Cast for F4 , DRG Enhanced Piercing Talon to align stuff, SAM's Enpi filler in the past and many more. But ofc if you use your Triple Cast for the dmg gain 5s before you have to move its a dps lost. Hitting 2 Birds with one stone is what makes a good player. Why do I even argue with someone who cant even see that him/herself.