I understand that the "major balancing changes" are in 4.1. However SMN is currently an inconvenience to play, no matter how many ways you slice it. I don't play BLM and I only have 54 RDM. I have every job capped eventually but that doesn't mean it sees a party situation, less played ones are just to see their job storyline. But I digress. Solo play sucks, plain and simple. Egis can't live against mobs long at all when there's no heals. Being a mage type class, punches to the face are not a strong defense point. Your pet dies, better get to running in circles until it dies from dots/ruin II. I have other dps jobs to play but being chased out of one due to the nerf wrecking ball is not fun.