Quote Originally Posted by Jeykama View Post
When you posted those numbers you said nothing of the sort about that context, all I see still are numbers and jobs in that post. The burden of proof is on you if you're going to pull numbers out and try to prove a point, all I'm saying. It's like saying this game is dying by cherry-picking pop numbers taken at daytime pop 3.0 (sam with 100% enhanced balance) vs. night-time pop 3.5 (SMN with no cards). If the SMN and SAM both had enhanced balance with 50% uptime cool, your numbers actually mean something.

On the other hand Susano is an extremely melee high-uptime fight if you don't have to do mechanics and aoe are baited well, and high-uptime have always been SMN's weakness because of the nature of dots.
I think SAM being so high is more worrisome than SMN being so "low".
Well ease your fears, the numbers are off the same fight with around the same time of balance (53% smn vs 56% Samurai) And is the same fight (Susano Ex) With the top dps parse in each category, showcasing what the current strongest parse of each job is capable of. Susano is extremely high uptime for Smn as no matter what the mechanic, A summoner can throw on their dots, or ruin 2. The only positive change from the summoner rework is how mobile it is. Only dot you have to worry about casting ever is Miasma 3. If you have to cross the middle, you can slide cast miasma 3, use ruin 2, tri disaster, fester, shadow flare, without a problem at all. Even if a Summoner is trapped within the fetter rocks the Dots, and our pet can still deal damage. And Summoner being low is much more concerning then Samurai being high. So Susano being a high uptime boss has no effect on summoner unless it's a high uptime on melee and low uptime on casters.

Samurai is just dps. Offers nothing to the team but high dps. Now Ninja on the other hand, offers good dps, a raid wide 10% dps increase, inherent aggro management. Take away Samurai's high dps and it has nothing to offer. Can't buff the team in any way that a ninja couldnt do better.