I am getting irritated with Summoner in endgame content

[Hitome]

The only fight in the game where AoE is very important, which is Coil Turn 4, SMN is just as good as BLM.

This is why, on turn 4, that I am at 26% while everyone else (including the SMN) hovers around 19-21%? lol Clearly SMN isn't better on turn 4 than a BLM if you seek maximum damage through job mechanics.

Sorry but it seems you do not play your BLM as well as you think.

There is absolutely no reason a SMN will ever beat a BLM in turn 4. Ever. I AoE things down so fast that your DoTs do not even have a chance to run their full duration. Given that double flare is still viable and is actually the optimal AoE rotation now, there isn't a way for a SMN to keep up in short term AoE instances as seen in turn 4.

Same story with Titan egis. You will not have a chance to apply your full DoTs before I have flared them twice (including Titan) and lined up my 3rd flare for the finisher.

Any fight with AoE that is longer than 30 seconds is pretty much T5 snakes...which I destroy SMNs in regularly. You can bane all you like but when I am chaining flares back to back it doesn't do much for you.

Less, of course, you were unaware of how to properly use BLM AoE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82L9IbUPMxU

As a BLM who has been playing since release, running turn 4 since late September, and running turn 5 weekly since mid November, I often find that the populace of BLMs who think they're 'good' at the job are, in fact, not.

Given that, I still have not seen pants from turn 4, my Allagan weapon, or any caster drops besides what you see on me. Yet I still run circles around SMNs with Allagan weapons and BiS gear in Titan Ex.

To be specific: he has Allagan book which is more weapon damage than my Elder Staff (huge), he has Allagan body (pure DPS) where I use AF2 body (contains ACC), and has the advantage when it comes to a movement-intensive fight. However, the results are pretty clear:

http://i.imgur.com/SuF85aj.png

I find I'd rather be using my SMN (if I had the Allagan gear) on turn 1 and MAYBE turn 5. As of tonight, I finally outparsed my FC mate who has full BiS gear on his MNK while on my BLM by playing super aggressive and altering our LB phase slightly. I'd rather take 1 BLM to T5 for lethargy.

And looky where the SMN is (he also has Allagan weapon):

http://i.imgur.com/sSObG8Y.png

That parse includes me using the LB instead of the SMN (where, if he had used the LB, I could have pushed out much more DPS than I did). BLM AoE shines in turn 5 pre-Twin and on both snake phases.

Where SMNs excel is where they can multidot targets that are not close together (i.e., where BLM AoE isn't feasible) such as T1 and T4. The problem with multidot on T4 is that soldiers die too fast. Dreads are the only place you really can shine and the majority of the fight is not spent fighting them. The entire premise is that SMN DPS is often superior in movement-intensive fights. Guess which style of fight T4 is? Not movement-intensive. Guess what that means? BLM single target + AoE rotation >> SMN damage on this specific turn.


As I've said: most people do not know how to play BLM so why bother trying? Go with the easy class and leave the class more dependent on min/maxing to the more skilled.

Edit: Honestly, after looking at your SMN, you can disregard the above. These situations do not apply to you.