Quote Originally Posted by Dualgunner View Post
OP for raid progression? In world first progression where the goal is to see mechanics sure, but beyond that you're just as well off with a summoner.

And you could just as easily bring a 2nd ranged for BRD + MCH and have similar results. You can even bring a BLM, and as I said, the actual gap between BLM and SMN is minimal at the highest level of play. People want to hate on BLM though because it either brings no party utility what so ever (and for some reason the entire raiding community is now worried about what a class can do for them), or players just aren't skilled enough on the class to show that it "can" be good.