Quote Originally Posted by Relhon View Post
So why all the hate on SAM if the potential is there? Are people just not playing it right or is it something else? A lot of things I've read about SAM say it's got incredible dps capability which is why I'm curious.
Quote Originally Posted by Kabooa View Post
Objectively speaking, it doesn't matter if you're #1 DPS if that's all you bring, and the #2 DPS is behind by 1% but brings other goodies.

You're still a !@#% job.


Without the honestly... combative language that Kabooa used, I'd like to draw attention to the potential issue of rDPS and pDPS, and why BLM is KIIIIINDA starting to improve in the right direction.

A major issue with the pure DPS jobs, is that compared to other jobs, their personalDPS is simply not equivalent to the raidDPS of most other DPSes.

http://xivrdps.herokuapp.com/encount...pjVCnkGBwKH/10

Here's an example of what I'm talking about. BLM's massive 7500~ pDPS in this party could not have been obtained on its own, and as a result, its actual rDPS contribution is much smaller than the other jobs. And mind you, this is a BLM at (as far as I'm aware) 100 percentile.

There will be a day that SE sees the issue and brings SAM and BLM up to speed but this might not be that day.