Quote Originally Posted by Dyvid View Post
Oh there is definitely reason for legit complaints, as long as legitimate. Right now based on parser and flogs SMN is the lost dps caster but doesn't account for buffs/debuffs as smn damage and is ignored by those sources. People are using Garuda because the magic debuff gives them a visible damage increase, it's something tangible were as things like Radiant Shields and Devotion make it harder to tell if the damage decrease is worth the buffs.
And you get to decide what is and isn't a legitimate complaint I take it?

Sorry but no, this is wrong. People have already calculated the damage that Radiant Shield and Devotion put out. For one it's already been ascertained that Devotion is usually a waste of a GCD for your pet as they skip an auto-attack to use it and the damage they lose from that is often more than the damage a DPS would gain from that 5% increase, especially given how little control we have over who gets the buff. Radiant Shield is only worthwhile in situations with lots of adds and a physical heavy group composition. That pretty much means it's only useful for trash pulls which are largely irrelevant to balance discussion.

You're trying to pretend that SMN isn't as bad as it seems. I really don't understand why.