Quote Originally Posted by Ariyn View Post
If you actually look at those logs you can blatently see that the entire group was built around buffing their top dps. The sam had balance for 3/4ths of the fight along with bard crit, trick attack, and emboldens. The BLM did not have all of that. Again, judging because you see a log showing numbers doesn't mean those numbers are accurate. They are what a class can do when everyone else pushes them forward.

But I do agree that skill plays the biggest factor in everything. A skilled ranged class knows they should be preplanning movement and always be casting. Melee doesn't have that down side but they are forced off of bosses much more often giving them higher levels of downtime over a skilled ranged.
I agree with you. I dont think those logs are indicative of the jobs balance, just a data point on uptime alone. Obviously padding goes on there, and while I am usually remiss to argue based on its data I wasnt the one to bring it up.