Quote Originally Posted by Deceptus View Post
Someone has to be at the bottom. Would you prefer the dancer mains have to be there? The Bards / Machinists? The question is always what is the spread. Anything more than about 10% DPS potential should probably be looked at.

But simply: Any job that relies on raid utility is going to have less dps because they make the raid better due to their lack of dps. Total raid dps due to trick attack is basically added to NIN DPS total. That's what many aren't doing here and it's not arguing from an honest stand point.

If you want NIN DPS to be higher, Trick Attack needs to be lowered.
Pointing to raid buffs as justification for low DPS worked before but it doesn't work anymore. We now know through rDPS rankings on fflogs that raid buffs do not even come close to making up the difference and that selfish DPS are the exclusive masters of the DPS rankings even when you take into consideration buffs. If anything, we know today that raid buffs need to be made stronger not weaker.