Is Blm gonna be the only accepted range option now? :(

[IruruCece]

So with several topics talking about how low dps the physical ranged and Smn and rdm are in comparison to the rest of the jobs, do you think people are only gonna allow Blms for groups now and ignore all other ranged jobs? I know since Shb release, on Famfrit, no one has been wanting physical ranged dps and have only wanted melee and casters, but with the 5.08 now out and a bigger gap in dps apparently created, I'm guessing it'll only be time before even Smn and Rdm will be not wanted. I've been playing Mch and have gotten to a competent level of skill with it (apparently I parse 10k+ dps from what I'm told), but what hope do I have if I'm gonna have an even harder time now that the dps gap is getting bigger. I've been trying to play Blm, but I suck at managing moving with it while I'm able to dodge most mechanics as Mch unless I'm unfamiliar with the mechanic or I have a derp moment.

I'm just getting flustered since I finally have a job I can play well and love and it is apparently going into the trash in favor of a job I'm the worst at. x_x

Never, ever, ever give the time of day to players of this game that lock out specific jobs. Unless you are absolutely pushing the envelope in terms of speed, you and the vast majority of people who play this game are very unlikely to be in a position where min-maxing party composition to this extent actually means anything.

I would rather play with people who are competent at whatever their preferred job is, and have a decent attitude while playing. Competence and a willingness to learn means far more than just having the right composition for 99.999999999999999999999 percent of the time.

[Dogempire]

Never, ever, ever give the time of day to players of this game that lock out specific jobs. Unless you are absolutely pushing the envelope in terms of speed, you and the vast majority of people who play this game are very unlikely to be in a position where min-maxing party composition to this extent actually means anything.

I would rather play with people who are competent at whatever their preferred job is, and have a decent attitude while playing. Competence and a willingness to learn means far more than just having the right composition for 99.999999999999999999999 percent of the time.

You're right on that, but there's also the issue of the fact that there's 4 or 5 dps that are so much more superior over the others that it's not even funny.

I'll give you an example, 2 weeks ago we cleared E3S, and while I'm not the best machinist, I can easily push out 90th percentile dps, not accounting for gear, of which I don't have nearly as much as the hardcore raiders with first or second week E4S clears.

We hit enrage and wiped at 1% the first time we saw enrage, now if I was a black mage main or a dragoon main, my hypothetical 90th percentile dps would be 1103 - 1268 rdps higher at the same performance level.

In that situation job choice was the difference between a wipe and hitting enrage, when you're capable of pushing your job near its limits the dps difference begins to widen a lot, and that's where the issue lies. High end content becomes easier to beat enrage if you play jobs that are superior in damage simply because there's such a gap between jobs. This becomes especially more apparent when you're butting your head against an enrage timer and popping tinctures for that extra 1% dps boost (i.e. 750 dps vs gaining 1000+ dps from maining a better job simply because of potencies) everyone needs to clear.

In an ideal game the selfish dps would be topping the rdps charts, followed by the melee dps, and the caster and ranged dps being somewhat even with less than 300 rdps between the best and worst like they are now.