BLM needs some love and RDM needs a nerf

[Yorumi]

That is kinda where i'm getting at, the gap isn't big enough for people to be saying NERF, lol yes feeling powerful matters to people but they only feel weak b/c they are comparing to others, someone is always gonna be more powerful. I just know how SE nerfs are been playing this since 1.0. It'll then turn into people crying RDM dps sucks only good for raise and thus will be complaining about people only wanting a rdm for progression but not farms. Sure buff the other casters if they are really that far behind after we see what the first raid looks like is all. Not 5.0 ROFL

Even if you take cure and raise out of the equation rdm still has embolden. The current gap shows rdm with a dps lead over blm and that doesn't account for the extra damage embolden caused on potentially 5 other party members(2 tanks, 3 melee dps). Factoring in that dps will widen the gap even farther.

[sylvestew]

Even if you take cure and raise out of the equation rdm still has embolden. The current gap shows rdm with a dps lead over blm and that doesn't account for the extra damage embolden caused on potentially 5 other party members(2 tanks, 3 melee dps). Factoring in that dps will widen the gap even farther.

So you dont want RDM to have anything or Do you just want it so an average BLM will never lose to a good RDM in dps?

[Yorumi]

So you dont want RDM to have anything or Do you just want it so an average BLM will never lose to a good RDM in dps?

Do you not understand what balance means? You balance out all factors. In what world does it make sense that a blm does less dps than a rdm, AND can't buff the damage of party members? Why bring a blm to anything if you're guaranteed something that is weaker?

In the case of a class providing a buff to party members that increased damage they do is now indirectly increasing the provider's dps, because without the provider the classes getting the buff would do less dps. Therefore you can directly factor in that dps to the provider. So keeping this simple lets say class A has no buff and just does pure damage. Class B has a buff that creates a raidwide dps increase of 200dps. Class A should do 200 dps more than Class B, that way they're equal. Class B does less damage but gains indirect damage from the buff, Class A just does raw damage.