Quote Originally Posted by Brianmj View Post
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What I'm trying to tell you is that Smn's dps is more or less equal to Blm, but SMN has ridiculous amounts of mobility. A smn can kill someone without ever having to hardcast any spells. Even if they do have to hardcast, all they have to do is apply 2 dots, bio and ruin 2 are freecasted and everything else is off gcd. Not to mention Rouse+Spur+Enkindle is just another nuke they have at their disposal, which is just another hard-hitting attack that does not require hardcasting. Yes BLM can 'spam flare', but they have to hardcast the first 1-2 flares before getting off the 3rd free flare with swiftcast. Hardcasting is a major drawback as enemies can either get out of range or easily inturrupt you with attacks/knockback/silence/stun ect.

I stand by my statement that summoner basically negates the swiftcast nerf.