What’s the point when BLM’s newfound success is PCT and SMN’s loss?

[Daralii]

I think they want PCT, and BLM to be attracting similar players so if play rate numbers shift or even swapped between them while the combined number stays the same it might be fine in their eyes. BLM seems to have attracted a lot of new players so it's a matter of how many stick with the job.

The more egregious issue is SMN, and phys ranged. SMN has a lot of design issues that need to be fixed. BRD, and especially MCH are not great this tier so that leaves DNC as the strongest phys ranged option, and the imbalance is compounded by the fact that DNC perfectly synergizes with VPR, one of the strongest melees.

SMN also attracted a lot of new players after its redesign because it was incredibly easy while also being very overtuned. Now we have BLM after its rework, which is also much more popular while being incredibly easy and pretty overtuned, whereas SMN's DPS fell behind after EW and it's now dead in a ditch as the least played caster.

[Reimmi]

SMN also attracted a lot of new players after its redesign because it was incredibly easy while also being very overtuned. Now we have BLM after its rework, which is also much more popular while being incredibly easy and pretty overtuned, whereas SMN's DPS fell behind after EW and it's now dead in a ditch as the least played caster.

The problem you run into when you gut a job for ease of use so anyone that can put peanut butter on bread can play it
It'll be overplayed when its good cause path of least resistance, and nobody will play it when it's bad because the dedicated fans quit the job to play something that makes their brain actually function