SAM out classing all other DPS

[Fyce]

I haven't read all of this thread but for me there's just one thing I have to add. Nerfs need to never happen to classes for "balance". Nerfs bring nothing good in the long run. Ignoring why SAM is where it is, rather than lower SAM to MCH or other classes bring those classes higher. Nerfing classes just makes all the classes worse, it doesn't make any class better by comparison. In this example, Instead of MCH getting any better SAM would now just be worse off and now you have two bad classes. Why push for that? That mentality makes no sense.That being said, there's no reason SAM should be nerfed unless you want a repeat of how badly MNK was ignored in 3.0.

This doesn't make sense. When a single job is completly overpowered and crush all other jobs by a huge marging, buffing all jobs to the same level takes literally ten times the efforts, while also generating a need to re-balance encounters. The chance of messing up the overall balance is drastically increased with this method.
Yes, the feeling players get when their job is nerfed s*cks. But in the current situation, it's the best solution. It involves less work and less risk.

[Blacktestament7]

No single job right now is that overpowered at all and clearly encounter balance isnt a concern in this game with how you could light grind stuff like a1s.

I get what your saying but theres balance already and if your answer is to nerf one class into oblivion for balance that imbalance all on its own. Your just gonna take a longer route to get there.

[Fyce]

No single job right now is that overpowered at all and clearly encounter balance isnt a concern in this game with how you could light grind stuff like a1s.

I get what your saying but theres balance already and if your answer is to nerf one class into oblivion for balance that imbalance all on its own. Your just gonna take a longer route to get there.

Let me rephrase.
You seem to be a MNK main, so no matter what you do, no matter how hard you try, a SAM player with the same skill level as you will constantly be between 10 to 15% above you.
To a DRG, this difference in DPS jumps to 15 to 20%.
In short, if you want to buff every DPS job to be roughly at the same level as SAM, you need to give everyone (but SAM, obviously), the equivalent of apermanent AoE Balance effect or a regular one for the worst jobs.

If you think that: 1) it doesn't make SAM OP, and/or 2) encounter balance won't be drastically affected, then you are completly delusional.