So about Summoner...

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I mean if jump and Howard would explain their reasoning for why they believe RDM is fine the way it is. At the very least the community would understand.

Jump has explained it, several times. Not sure if he posts here but he's explained it in other popular places, you were in the same discord where he typically discusses it.

Also take into the account that both of these skilled players have great statics to support them so they really don’t suffer from the same issue that the remaining 99% of players who want to raid their main

They don't suffer because they're both extremely good at the game, hence why they're in the groups that they're in. They also play multiple classes for raiding purposes (something I've spoken to you personally about). Jump will probably always be a "RDM main", but he still plays other classes if his groups asks him too. That doesn't make RDM "useless", it has its role and it's pretty well defined. Nothing is going to change the perception of RDM being a "prog job" either. You can buff RDM, and unless it's so strong that it manages to be speedkill worthy, it will always be a "prog only job" and continue to live in the shadow of w/e the meta is because that's what the community will blindly latch on to.

Basically, the best players who have the best resources throw out information that the rest of the player base has to sort through

We have the correct information because we actually take the time to comprehend it. We don't just randomly say "oh samurai sucks" just for the hell of it, we make these statements based on information that we can quantify to prove "why". Because for our purposes, that "why" matters. But for that 99% of the rest as you mentioned, it doesn't really matter unless you're actually struggling to meet a dps check in content (which should be a decreasing problem as SE continues to tune savage content to be more accessible and "easier" in a sense). If the community takes what we say and twists it into their own agenda, I feel as if that should be on them. Why should we be accountable because others refuse to take 5 minutes to understand why we don't play certain classes?