Quote Originally Posted by Rilifane View Post
Until we've seen actual numbers for the various potency buffs for the lower half dps classes we can only speculate. But so far it sounds all fair to me and they've acknowledged things that are wrong with certain classes:
- DNC is too weak in terms of rDPS even with a really good dance partner
- BRD losing his support drove too many players away from that class, escpecially paired with relatively low rDPS
- MCH lagging behind in terms of rDPS while not having anything signifcant to justify it
- RDM getting taxed way too strongly for raise, making it generally undesired as soon as the raid stopped dying from stupid

On the other hand, MNKs utility paired with its high rDPS placed them clearly ahead of other melees when it's SAM and BLM who should have the highest dps potential of their respective archetypes for not having support.
So overall I think they did well on spotting things that needed some adjustment in order to bring the classes closer together. Now we just need to wait for actual numbers. Someone in our static thought about switching from DNC to MNK because DNC has such a low dps ceiling and it's understandably frustrating trying to optimize a class knowing you still won't be near others even if you're playing top-notch. But I think they're well-aware of the problems DNC mains currently face.
I think they did a good job of it too, but we need to know where things are going to go in regards to BRD's rDPS and how they're raising DNC's pDPS. If it turns out that BRD's rDPS and pDPS eclipse DNC outright then they'll need to look at it for certain. I just wonder how they're not gonna step over the line this time despite DNC being very playable(just has the same issue HW/SB MCH had: proc reliance for damage).