Quote Originally Posted by Magic-Mal View Post
You look at a very specific number that has SMN at a higher place. Put it on Max Percentile and it's just as I said. SMN is second to last. Also, you switched to RDM because it's better than SMN obviously. More damage and utility. Nice! If most of the skilled casters are playing RDM as you say, maybe there's a problem?
95th percentile is what I use because it is the best to judge actually judge where classes sit. And I for 2 reasons. 1 SMN is boring as hell to play after the changes, which has nothing to do with their dps. 2, RDM utility is OP as hell for progression. With a RDM you can literally raise 4 times in a row with no issues and no long cast times, esp if you have a BRD or MCH in the group. It it OP for prog only based on that one thing because you get more exposure to a fight during prob out of every pull, decreasing your pull count for kills. I would have thought long and hard between BLM and SMN. If RDM utility doesn't change they will either be nerfed to where they aren't viable or they will always be the choice for prog. Plain and simple. That is not a SMN issue, it is a RDM issue. SMN could do several hundred dps more and I would still bring RDM over SMN.