Quote Originally Posted by Lyrica_Ashtine View Post
The exact same movement restrictions black mage have also applies to summoner. Except that Summoners don't have Aetherial Manipulation to cross great distances within one GCD window.
They're not the exact same, over half of SMN spell casts are instant vs around 10% of BLM casts.

AM can't be used in the middle of a cast, so you're going to have to be moving out of the death zone anyway, making it extremely situational.

Quote Originally Posted by Daweism View Post
Nailed it, and anyone who tries to argue burst damage is invalid, what am i bursting down a lvl 50 mob in the open world? No, I raid coils and the fights are over 10 minutes long, all that matters is sustained overall dps, utility, and survivability which the Dragoon comes in last in each category.
So there are zero times when an add needs to be blown up asap, or a boss needs a phase push at a specific times in coil?