Phantom Jobs are a step in the right direction but need iteration.

[Yamadronis]

No one would use Bard or Time Mage over any alternative. Ranger's damage buff is the only button anyone would press outside of the Tower, and that's sad.

I happen to really like time mage on PCT for the sole reason that Occult Quick lets me cast my motifs while moving in a CE. Swiftcast comet isn't the best available damage option overall, but it is the quickest way to generate credit if you're late for a fate out of all the options other than throwing money at it. Slowga is... less good since gold farming can be done easily with a cannons party, but if for some reason you can't get one of those together, it can make less efficient farms much less stressful.

Thief really got shafted by Occult Sprint not being 100% uptime. Pilfer Weapon is not terrible from a debuff standpoint as it stacks with the already existing reductions, but it's also unnecessary mitigation in current content. Not sure why you say that about ranger. Occult Featherfoot is great utility for any content and Occult Unicorn is basically Shake It Off on any class you want. Falcon is objectively pointless outside of Forked, though. It'd be nice if it could be used on static elements in CEs. I'd hoped it could be used on the rocks in On the Hunt or maybe the idols in from Times bygone, but nope.