Thread: 5.08 Patch - DPS still not balanced.

Originally Posted by Saito_

There is no point in balancing any further then necessary to enable all possible class combinations to clear current end game content when played at above Joe average level. There is no issue with job a perfoming better than job b that's the nature of diversity. It's those fault who lock out others bc they follow the path of least resisance. Nothing the devs can do will ever change that, there will always be someone complaining/being locked out. Albeit comps that are able to skip mechanics in current content shouldn't exist.

There is no point giving a disabled kid a wheelchair or prothese because the kid can crawl. Also let's make the kid participate in a race with others able to win simply by walking.

This is the current state of DPS and you think it's normal. The example is flawed as jobs is a choice and it's a bit extreme.
But why do we need to push harder because we love a job that is underwhelming and not the DPS Pantheon?

Yes it's normal to have DPS disparities as means of support exist such as Tactician, Raising or Battle voice. Or """Mobility""" when bosses possess a hitbox large as half the arena or when monk has no positionnal 80% of his rotation. But not 10% difference.

Ranged, for example, are taxed the same way that they were in Stormblood. Do you remember Stormblood? Ranged in Stormblood had utilities much more interesting such as Dismantle, the BRD 2% Crit passive, palisade that was usefull on very few occasions but usefull. But the top of the cake was Refresh, it allowed a Healer to cast more over a fight and as such, to freely DPS.

In normal content/EX, DPS disparity is not important as the DPS requirement is very low. I often farm as a MCH, but if I was a BLM main every EX farm would go much faster. Oh wait, skip Soar.
In savage/ultimate content, DPS disparity is much more important. I don't know what your experience is in savage but believe me that if we had the DPS to skip the Black Smokes from E3S we would have cleared the content a week earlier, which is one extra week of loot.