How about a non-support ranged dps?

[RiceisNice]

I would like a ranged DPS that isn't focused on support and isn't a bow/gun mage. Maybe it could do weaker damage in exchange for faster speed. >x>

IT'd be nice to have a traditional physical ranged dps, and not a faux caster. It seems incredibly silly and last minute to put WM on BRD.

[m3eansean]

SE's reasoning is that if you are ranged physical you have mobility and survivability over a melee. You are not subject to directional attacks and have no risk of enemies cleaving you with attacks in melee range.

Due to this, SE balances the damage output of physical ranged by lowering the overall ceiling of damage.

There has to be an incentive for someone to play melee dps, if a ranged physical can reach dps levels of a melee and not have any directionals or risk of cleaves, then there would be no point to playing melee.

TLDR - ranged physical will always have reduced damaged output comparatively to other classes, due to "mobility" according to SE.

[Xanikk999]

SE's reasoning is that if you are ranged physical you have mobility and survivability over a melee. You are not subject to directional attacks and have no risk of enemies cleaving you with attacks in melee range.

Due to this, SE balances the damage output of physical ranged by lowering the overall ceiling of damage.

Their logic holds no ground if they don't lower all ranged dps overall output, including summoners and black mages. Even then I disagree. Ranged typically have responsibilities in boss fights melee don't at least in most MMOs. I haven't raided anything past duty finder in FFXIV so I'm not 100% sure that's the case here. In World of warcraft I have raided the highest difficulty in the last few expansions.

Can't really do anything about it though if the devs ways are set in stone.

[RiceisNice]

TLDR - ranged physical will always have reduced damaged output comparatively to other classes, due to "mobility" according to SE.

And that goes down the toilet with the introduction of WM/GB, even though it doesn't "buff" their damage anymore than the other dps classes getting "buffed" from their new post-50 skills.

There logic holds no ground if they don't lower all ranged dps overall output, including summoners and black mages. Even then I disagree. Ranged typically have responsibilities in boss fights melee don't at least in most MMOs. I haven't raided anything past duty finder in FFXIV so I'm not 100% sure that's the case here. In World of warcraft I have raided the highest difficulty in the last few expansions.

Can't really do anything about it though if the devs ways are set in stone.

Party synergy and group composition would play into role here; it's why you wouldn't stack all of one job. You get a BRD to buff magic damage and to have regen, you get a MCH for damage debuff and regen, you get DRG for disembowel, casters for additional virus and E4E, etc etc.