After trying Bismarck EX yesterday as a SMN, I cannot help but wonder if the devs are designing these DPS checks with a bias towards melee and (to some degree) ranged attack jobs. Those who play SMN know that getting our damage out requires time (I can only imagine what BLMs are going through) and part of our arsenal is not immediate damage. It almost seems a lot to ask mages to be able to burn down the Sanuwas when we're saddled with long casting times and those damned tornadoes giving us little room for error.