The identity of Pictomancer is being destroyed

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Non-buffing jobs dealing more rDPS than buffers would make the former overpowered.

This is a common misconception. What truly matters is how much damage they deal under buffs, not their entire rotation. If a NIN and a VPR have the same rDPS in a party, NIN contributes more because its 2-minute burst is significantly stronger. The same logic applies to PCT and BLM.

In FFXIV, raid DPS jobs tend to perform better — not just in terms of rDPS, but in total damage contribution. This happens because SE tries to balance their median rDPS equally to the pure DPS, which results in rDPS jobs excelling in optimized groups while still being slightly ahead or tied in average groups.