Quote Originally Posted by ViviAnimus View Post
It should never to more than Black Mage just because it has Raise and good Virus and other utility. BLM isn't awful at utility though, but having Raise as a DPS class is just ... Still I agree that Summoner should do a bit more damage. Not a lot though.
Battle rez on a non healer class is obviously a very powerful utility ability, but enough to validate having lower DPS than the other DPS jobs? SCH has virus and should be the one using it during a fight to prevent damage. BLM also has access to eye for and eye, and a weaker form of virus. They also have apocotostasis which is a very powerful unique utility ability. NIN has an incredible amount of utility, TP regeneration for a party member, a stun, a silence, a vulnerability down debuff, and a slashing resistance down debuff. They're arguably TOP DPS class in the game. A job shouldn't be balanced around the ability to combat rez people. In ideal conditions, people shouldn't be dying anyways.