Quote Originally Posted by Ariomi View Post
So considering everything? Yes, it's a good comparison. The Summoner had the bigger advantages. No deaths, Quicker Kill, Better team, More balance uptime.
You say the difference between 2 top players, a SMN and a BLM, was 350 dps eh? I wonder if Devotion (raidwide 2% buff with a 12.5% uptime) and Radiant Shield (2% phys damage buff that lasts potentially 24 seconds on a 60 sec CD) bridges that gap.

Raidwide DPS for SMN's group was 36.6k dps and there were 6 physical damage dealers, I'd be willing to bet that when you take into account the rDPS the SMN brings to the table it beats out the BLM in every/most scenario(s).

Also, now that you've compared the top SMN parse to the top BLM parse, lets look at the vast majority of average-great players: When you look at the top dps across all savage fights, SMN is #2 only behind SAM in personal dps from the 50%-99% range of players. This doesn't take into account Devotion, Radiant Shield, or Contagion.