Quote Originally Posted by SilvertearRen View Post
Yeah, I think they really need to stop making combat situations favor one class over another. That's not balance, that's stupidity in design.
Impossible. They can lessen the effect, but players will always find a status quo.

Moogle fight is a prime example. ARC isn't the best DD, but it's the safest. Also the easiest to learn. Come 1.20, with all the classes being completely altered, players had to re-learn how to play each one effectively. Only natural that the winning strat involved using the safest and easiest DD.

Get a player who can work his combos on a close-range DD class effectively and knows how to workaround lag or even use it to his advantage (I've developed some tricks myself after extensive practice and testing) and they will surpass the DPS of the average ARC DD by a noticeable margin.

Content favoring a class isn't a problem if the difference isn't detrimental. When content disqualifies a class, that becomes a problem. It also helps to remember that Full Party content is being designed with Jobs in mind, despite being released before Jobs.