I agree with you bubba on a lot of points.

IMHO, SMN in ff14 ARR is the absolute worst iteration of summoner in the entire FF franchise. The egi feel feeble and underwhelming. There is little sense of variety with the existing egi and because of the simplification of elemental damage in this game, there will always be an egi that is a standard dps choice over all other egi.

The healing classes and BRD feel naked in contrast to many other FF titles. There is hardly any depth to any of the abilities and all the normal utility buffs for an FF game seem to be half missing.

BLM, which is supposed to be a specialized glass cannon is out dpsed by MNK on target dummies given each player has full i90 bis and allagan weapons. I think it is fine that blm does less dmg than other jobs, but a blm should be given more utility similar to SMN, BRD, and DRG.

Really, all the jobs an end game could use some retooling.