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

[Igeso]

Because rDPS is a "theoretical" value depending on how your team is performing, those numbers for contribution are only an average not the best ones, you can have a NIN outdpsing (rDPS not pDPS obviously) a BLM if the whole team is doing well (yes you can still do 99th with a bad team if your pDPS is high enough or do 99th with an average pDPS but a really good team).

The second reason is that death has a bigger penalty on a selfish dps than a buffer dps, the weakness buff is only applied on your pDPS, not the buff/debuff you're bringing.
here's an exemple (with those numbers) : if a SAM dies his weakness buff is applied on his dps and will do way less rDPS than a NIN who died, because the weakness debuff isn't applied on the TA (it can only be, in the worst case, a bit delayed depending on where and when you died. It will also be a bit less efficient because the user died).

That's my opinion, but well, those numbers aren't actually from me tbh, just something I found on some other forums and found interesting.