Quote Originally Posted by Pentacus View Post
during movement, a BLACK MAGE will outdamage a summoner, just because of how pathetic ruin 2 is, and because bio gets clipped, over 18 seconds, both jobs can cast 7 instant spells, a SMN can do 720 (1170 if they blow all 3 energy drains, 1620 if they decide to be incredibly stupid and blow 6 stacks of aetherflow on ED) total potency (1 bio, 6 ruin2's), a BLM can do between 1060 and 1780 depending on how many enhanced scathe procs they get (1 swiftcasted thunder 3, 6 scathes). (hell, it may be unrealistic, but a BLM can potentially hit 2480 potency if they swiftcast thunder 3 and get thunderhead procs every tick)
You don't have the pet included. And it sounds like you're saying a BLM spamming scathe does more damage than a SMN that's doing his optimal rotation uninterrupted. Not going to comment on that.