Quote Originally Posted by Zerathor View Post
It's about ballance. If you honestly cant see smn is out ranking other casters by a good margin, you're blind. It's blatantly unfair and unhealthy to the game.

Maybe one day you'll be able to comprehend this if smn gets a bad patch and falls to bottom tier caster slot. A smn has never been forced into other jobs.
Heh, clearly you didn't play Summoner for the entirety of 2.X. Wasn't exactly broken, but certainly was "bottom tier" caster, so tell your sob story to someone else.

Honestly, I'd feel more sympathetic towards this discussion if it wasn't so blatantly biased. It just screams of "Wah! Black Mage isn't on top anymore, nerf Summoner so I can be back on top!" I do agree that Black Mage should be doing more damage than Summoner given that Black Mage is built more like a "selfish DPS" class, but it is still doing more damage, albeit Summoner's potential is perhaps higher than it should be. But most of this topic is about "NERF SUMMONER!" instead of trying to be proactive and adjust Black Mage. But no, why try to buff Black Mage when you can hate on your fellow Summoners and nerf them, right? Whatever.