SMN mp needs sorting out

[BlaiseArath]

by other jobs you mean only blackmage right?
because all the tp jobs can/should modify their rotation based on fight length to manage tp. (example not fracturing).

I mention BLM specifically, and I also say "in such severity". As Viridiana explains that part in thorough I'll move on to the next point.

Melee, Tanks, and Ranged DPS benefit from Paeon, while the only ones who benefit from Ballad are SMN and Healers. In most situations, unless the healers are running low, Paeon is going to be heavily favored unless your entire party is SMNs, which just doesnt really happen in static groups, in instances where the MP issue begins to show (FCoB/etc). And giving up Fracture(wat) is not as potent a nerf to damage as losing Ruin and Fester. So as i said in the last sentence, our DPS will tamper out in longer fights, so much so without help, that we lose tremendous DPS.

If there were enough caster DD classes then party makeups would change to one melee, two casters, and a bard singing ballad when needed.

No? They'd take the best Single target DPS still, and as the above poster explains, Casters are mostly kept around for AoE LB and the AoE potential...

I still propose BRD be given a "Pianissimo" type effect thats a song for 1 person only, but wont nerf their damage and cost less MP... at least in the situations where BRD isnt singing Paeon they can give the SMN Ballad without nerfing them.

god XI handled BRD so much better ._. Hell almost every FF ever did lol

Melee do not have the same resource troubles in it's entirety either. Invigorate does not hamper your DPS, but rather gives you FREE TP per CD. Energy Drain, DIRECTLY counters your DPS option of using Fester / Bane instead because it's tied into Aetherflow Stacks (you only get 3 / min).

Perhaps making Energy Drain an off-GCD instead of tied to Aetherflow... but then SCH would be impacted. (though, SCH does use a lot of Aetherflow on Lustrate/etc). Perhaps a 30 second GCD? How much do you think that would go to helping SMN MP?