Job Customization

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Did you just say Scholar and WHM aren't balanced? The best set up for almost every situation in the game is WHM + SCH, they are flawlessly balanced. This game really has the best balance of ANY MMO ever created, warrior is the only thing not balanced and my group can clear turn 1-4 in a single day with Warrior + PLD tanks in HORRIBLE gear because we've gotten ZERO drops for them and the WAR is using relic +1 and didn't spend myth tomeson any armor.

No, I didn't. I gave the one aspect of where they "aren't balanced", the enmity department, which occasionally, really matters.

Like I said, I love WHMs, I just prefer Scholars

Edit: I reread what I said about it. Sorry for the implication that whm has some...flaw. There's just an ocean of difference between WHM who will occasionally ride the tank's threat and scholar who, when solely healing, is barely visible on the meters.

RDM tanking an oversight in enmity gained from spamming enfeebles (which got readily nerfed).

I don't know about "readily" nerfed. But yeah it got nerfed.

They famously used an RDM tank in part of the AV video, and then nerfed it several months later.

Which a responsible developer team would have nerfed to the ground within hours of it being discovered, not used as an excuse to not fix the job in ways it actually needed fixing.

See, I disagree. I don't think RDM needing some defining traits had anything to do with its independence. SE is quite capable of leaving jobs alone for years when they suck in every regard (lolpup, loldrg)

The correct answer is "kick the weak healer or play around their weaknesses to minimize them", not "change your class' performance to compensate for them".

You've never assisted or carried a friend? I have, it's kind of what I enjoy. I love endgame serious raiding, but I love being able to carry friends too. It's just what I find fun in a game.

It's one thing to help out the healer in a dire situation (I've thrown off heals on stuff like the dragon in AK and HM garuda) without sacrificing your role. It's another to do part of the healer's job for them.

There are people, very skilled and geared people who view it differently. Not me, not yet. I don't quite have the gear yet, but like Titan for Tots guys. They don't mind carrying people. Even the guilds that sell runs cheap. They pocket a little money and help someone who doesn't have an FC capable of killing it. I have always been the type of player that doesn't mind stepping outside of my role and carrying more if it gets the win. I just like doing it.

In the hands of people who know their jobs very well yes, MNK in particular can produce exceedingly good DPS. It's one of the few jobs that have a steep learning curve (though even I will agree with Greased Lightning needs more uptime through a duration extension).

Yes it can. Bard's strength is enhanced by their mobility and lack of positional requirements. I can almost understand why they don't have a damaging LB.