Definitely disagree here. Even in Eden 1 I can ignore majority of the mechanics and continue a barrage and if you raise their damage too far you're literally making melee dps obsolete. I'm not saying Ranged DPS don't need a buff of sorts and rearranging, but puting a MCH next to a SAM and BLM would be terrible for balance imo. And I say that as someone who loves playing MCH and is one of my main classes.
Even if a good player knows "how to" dodge AOEs and stuff in things like Eden and other stuff, the sheer fact remains that they are a non issue and barely exist to a ranged instant caster like MCH. To buff them ridiculously like that would make it the most overpowered and easy to play, something we're trying to get away from with MNK :P