I think people should play what they want. This is why PF was created. Make your own party and do it that way or play with an FC. When BLM was being shafted in HW/SB(beginning) I just made my own party in the PF and played with FC mates. I got to experience the raids but never had the chance to finish like I wanted as a result. But for me, it was enough to at least give it a go. I’m not hardcore player. I say all this too say that SE needs to either make the utility more potent or make it so some jobs have the correct potency buffs across the board to compensate for what was taken. In the case of SMN, it has three different utility spells and so does RDM. Buffing then too much would make BLM pointless to bring. They need to be brought up but SE seems to have a heavy-handed track record of overdoing it. However, the take away is that SMN/RDM should not be close to BLM due to their utility spells but their utilities should be a bit more potent with minor CD reduction usage to compensate. After all that then look to minor potency buffs.