Quote Originally Posted by Incision93 View Post
i will still play it, BUT i am pretty that with perfect rotation and food and dancer i can hardly mantain a mch or drg dps. I would be MUCH MORE pissed in reaching an enrage just cause i could do 3k more with blm.
NO, THE RES IS NOT WORTH 3K DPS AS THE ACTUAL ONLY UTILITY WE HAVE NOW!
Smn is the new selfish dps job, that doesn't do selfish dps standards
You shouldn't be matching a Machinist. MCH is a selfish DPS and should enjoy all the perks of being a selfish DPS, including being one of the top 3 DPS in the game (it's not). DRG, on the other hand, you can and should get mad about.

Quote Originally Posted by SchrodingersWaffle View Post
Ultimately what I think they need to do is just get rid of DoTs and Aetherflow entirely. Put in an ability that enables Trance instead of it being it's own CD and just rip the damage from DoTs and Ruin potency increase right out and put it into DWT, most likely by making Deathflare have mutliple uses during DWT, 4-5 by my calculations, with a new "Trance ender" with potency on par with or higher than Xenoglossy (Megaflare anyone?). And potentially upping the number of Enkindle Demi-Primal per phase from 2 to 3.
At this point, Summoner reasonably could have its DoTs and Aetherflow mechanic removed, but unfortunately that constitutes a minor-major rework by itself and won't happen until the next expansion most likely. That said, getting one of the mechanics removed is likely possible, since Aetherflow itself is flat out standalone and not tied into other mechanics in any meaningful way. Reworking how Aetherflow works is also possible, as well as possibly merging EA1/2 since that's minor by minor standards.

Any changes that we as a community push for should likely be focused on EA1/2 and ED/ES/Fester/Painflare specifically otherwise there's no hope of it being done before whatever expansion comes next.