Thread: 4.05 DPS Ranking Expectations

it's still a utility, like apocastasie...without forget the fact that blm have lucid dream that wipe them hate, when no melee (outside the dragoon have this chance) even the ninja with his tool for control aggro can simply give the aggro of the next attack he will do.

people seems to forget a lot of the toolkit and simply want them main to be the strongest, i will repeat it, blm mustn't be at the same level than the melee... a lot of fight force the melee to loose dps, not a lot of them allows a uptime decent. without forget the fact that you have a better visibility of the fight from ranged what the melee can't really have....

anyway, it's a pointless talk, Yoshida have talk age ago about the balance and said that ranged will never be the best dps.

finally a very very very important point.... in the final fantasy series, the best dps.... is the summoner, the only one that can wipe a whole group in one attack, not the black mage that simply the caster dps that have a good versatibility because of the weakness of the enemy. often it's not even the best jobs for get a max of damage dealt in the group.... just saying.

Originally Posted by silentwindfr

it's still a utility, like apocastasie...without forget the fact that blm have lucid dream that wipe them hate, when no melee (outside the dragoon have this chance) even the ninja with his tool for control aggro can simply give the aggro of the next attack he will do.

What? All casters have apoc and lucid... And all DPS have diversion in their cross skills to deal with aggro. How is this even relevant? You can't count cross skills as job utility.

Originally Posted by silentwindfr

blm mustn't be at the same level than the melee... a lot of fight force the melee to loose dps, not a lot of them allows a uptime decent.

Like literally - wtf am I reading? Any(ANY) movement will force BLM to lose dps, meaning most mechanics will make them lose dps. It probably the most punished by movement job of them all, can't even compare to any melee.
Now does it mean BLM should have as much dps as SAM? Probably no, but it should be comparable to SAM and not SMN lol.

Originally Posted by silentwindfr

finally a very very very important point.... in the final fantasy series, the best dps.... is the summoner, the only one that can wipe a whole group in one attack, not the black mage that simply the caster dps that have a good versatibility because of the weakness of the enemy. often it's not even the best jobs for get a max of damage dealt in the group.... just saying.

And how exactly is this very very(very) important?

because you are coming asking something that will not only break the balance of the game but are trying to get something that was never the case... when was the last time that blm was better than the melee in terms of dps? never...

do the blm loose dps because he is not positioned right? do he need to run away from the boss and return to the boss (like on exdeath from the thunder 2) or must move from the position because of some mechanic that simply cover a part of the boss leading to a net loose of dps? do the blm need to pay attention to where the boss look for be sure to not take a cleave....

strangely no... the trouble with the blm is they cry because they can't dps all the time without be bothered... but that part of the jobs.. that what will decide which is a good and a bad blackmage, the one that know how fast return to the fight.

do you see the melee cry because the boss force them to move away and loose the time to return to the fight... or the monk cry because a boss vanish and make them loose greese lightning? no they deal with it. blm have become worst than children... they want all handled. no difficulty and simply be able to toss tons of damage without be bothered... but hey great news is not wow, mage will not be the best dps. because well it's one of the jobs the less affected by the fight... try melee you will see.... even fight like suzano and lakshmi are a pain for us... all the time i loose positional or must move from the boss loosing buff and such...