Summoner got destroyed this patch

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Exactly. As of right now the Endgame obstacles for all classes involve: Coordination, Communication, Movement, Quick Reflex, Strategy, Knowing and efficiently using your class and execution.

But then there are obstacles, certainly NOT exclusive to certain classes, but are best accomplished by certain classes. And as of right now SMN is best/most useful for almost none (maybe aoe). The best thing we had going for us is that maybe we were long-run better dmg then BLM (if you chose to bring a mage), but now SMN is roughly even with long-term BLM damage. Might as well just bring a BLM now since they are at least most useful for all the burst DPS checks.

I also don't mind if all melee dps is overall better then ALL mage dmg as it is more difficult being in melee rng. But most raid groups will still use mages, they will all just be BLM as of now.