And that of course makes it fair. I don't see why a class that has to deal with every mechanics in the same way gets to have less DPS. I'm afraid that 'just deal with it' is not really a good argument to be making.
If they had a drastically more difficult job, then yes, I would agree that melee should outshine ranged. But this simply isn't the case. But alright, no need to go offtopic, it's about Summoner issues. They clearly have them and it's only not a gear thing. I really don't understand how this has not been established yet. BLM is superior in every aspect. It's true that Summoner was better than BLM in the past, but that was also not a good thing. There is no good balance and I know it's hard to do. But even back in the day BLM had better AoE which was at least something. Now BLM is simply better in anything.