Quote Originally Posted by Connor View Post
Why do you feel that way?

Don’t mean that to sound condescending, just genuinely interested in the issues you’re having with them, since you may not be the only person to feel that way
The problem with the ranged DPS jobs are that they do not provide enough damage, party utility, or party damage steroids compared to other jobs. Eventually, we are going to see groups switch to 3 melee DPS and 1 BLM, or 2 melee DPS and 2 caster DPS. The 1% party buff is not going to matter if ranged DPS are too weak.

A lot of the decision making with buffing the party were removed from BRD and MCH. If a player just never thought about optimizing Foe Requiem and MP, then those players would not really care. The good Bards tried to figure out the best time to buff the party and managed their MP appropriately. I enjoyed playing a Bard play-style that cared about helping the party out with buffs and utility, versus an insular and selfish game play. I want to actively press buttons to help my group out.

MCH just does not do enough damage and has absolutely no party utility.

The only reason to bring a ranged DPS is if you need to constantly run around at a distance or you need a line Limit Break. Every other DPS job is better in every other scenario.