The Melee DPS Paradigm and why DRG needs some attention

[wereotter]

I want to say that I don't disagree that Dragoons could use a boost, but I feel I need to mention that not all raid utility is built equal. The slashing debuff is no longer quite as valuable as it once was. The reason being is that before Stormblood, for example, bringing a warrior was a massive DPS boost for a ninja since they got the slashing debuff without having to apply it themselves. Now, it's attached to the ninja's DOT, so they have to apply it to keep up maximum DPS. For Samurai, the slashing debuff is attached to one of their sen, so they also have to keep it up. There are really only two jobs in the game that can utilize the effect that can't apply it for themselves, paladin and dark knight. Contrast that with disembowel, and now you have three DPS jobs able to benefit from the effect who aren't able to apply it for themselves on top of you getting a benefit, and this bit of utility is vastly superior.

[BlackThought]

/snipped Contrast that with disembowel, and now you have three DPS jobs able to benefit from the effect who aren't able to apply it for themselves on top of you getting a benefit, and this bit of utility is vastly superior.

This only makes sense in a world with DRG/MCH/BRD raids. And Stormblood seems to hate that configuration.