Summoner Over-Nered (and A few other Problems)

[Ariomi]

Why are you comparing two jobs while purposefully leaving these aside:
- The pet sustained damage (!)
- Aetherflow usage (Fester is 900 potency in 15s every minute)
- Ruination+DWT buff
- Deathflare
- Demi-Bahamut 160 potency hits every 1.5s
- Akh Morn hits twice (meaning 2 times per 120s, while "Barrage and Emp arrow" is once every 90s)
- Enkindle which isn't a 3mn cooldown because of Ruin IV procs

Same reason I didn't include Raging Strikes, Foe Req, Battle Voice, or The Wanderer's Minuet.
Ahk Morn Can't be used at the start of the fight and it's only possible to buff a single ahk morn. (Contagion doesn't last quite long enough.)
Barrage and Emp can be used instantly at the start of the fight, can be buffed by raging strikes (10%) a song of Bard's choice, and a 10% crit buff.

ahk morn can only be buffed 10%. God Forbid the damage, the direct hit and the crit buff cause emp arrow to direct crit hit for all three strikes. Barrage will have gone through a good chunk of it's cooldown by the time bahamut is ever summoned.

Emp Arrow is 230 potency every 15 seconds or 920 potency per minute. Sidewinder is 260.
I included deathflare. I compared it to Bard's Pitchperfect which is a 20 base potency stronger then deathflare assuming a Bard is able to get three stacks per minute.



If you want to compare Smn buffs to Bard's

Smn has Contagion (10% magic buff for 15 seconds)
Dreadwyrm (10% all damage for 16)
Ruination (Increases ruin by 20 potency... woo)
Radiant Shield (Oh but wait... can't use this on a dummy cause....)

Bard has
Raging Strikes (10% for 20 seconds)
Straighter Shot (10% crit for 20 seconds)
Foe Req (3% damage increase till it runs out)
The Wanderer's Minuet (2% crit buff)
Battle Voice (Direct Hit Buff by 15% for 20)

The ruination debuff is roughly the equivalent of Iron Jaws giving 100 potency when a Bard refreshes their dots.

Oh and did you forget bard can auto attack now? Auto attacks are 100 potency. Garuda's basic auto attack is does about the same damage as a summoner's 100 potency ruin. SO what about the pet's sustained damage? Bard Auto attacks on his own.

Enkindle is a 3 min cooldown factored on Rng. More often then not, It's cooldown is still over two minutes.