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DPS- +: Amount of damage done, amount of support skills used (aggro management etc; ) during combat, number of attacks hitting more than two targets. -: failing to reach damage thresholds, damage taken by avoidable aoes and cleaves, % time spent not attacking in relation to total combat time, failing to reach support skill threshold.
The amount of work necessary to make this viable in the hundreds of extremely situational instances in FFXIV means it will never happen. Case in point: BRD.


Amount of damage done: In pure numbers, BRD does less damage than other classes, and it is designed this way because of its mobility and support capability. Unless BRD/MCH is put in a category of their own (more work), this metric will always unfairly advantage classes that are considered "support DPS."

Amount of support skills used: Theoretically would help even out the BRD/MCH lower-damage-lower-points issue--except that support skills are situational and only used when needed. If no one in the party needs MP, I'm not gonna be popping Refresh left and right. If the tank isn't taking much damage, I'm not going to use Palisade. Support skills are useful only when they are needed, and making BRD/MCH points based on them will just promote poor gameplay, not improve it.

Number of attacks hitting more than two targets: Some DPS have fewer AOEs than others, and some classes need more wind-up to effectively utilize their AOEs. Mage's Ballad now procs Rain of Death spam off of critical hits from BRD DoTs, which means you have to take the time to apply those before you can utilize that AOE effectively. Again, unless all classes are given their own individual metrics, which would be a ridiculous amount of extra thought going into planning for each instance, some DPS would be disadvantaged here over others.

Damage taken by avoidable aoes and cleaves: And if the tank cleaves me because of poorly positioning mobs, will I lose points, or him/her?

% time spent not attacking in relation to total combat time: The % of the fight spent sitting through unavoidable periods boss invulnerability makes this a silly idea entirely.

This is just one example--you could do the same for every DPS, healer, and tank class. There is no situation in which Square would be able to define specific enough guidelines for every single job in every single duty to make this addition worthwhile.