So...is the Ranged Role gone? Are we in a Reverse HW?

[Karshan]

I fully understand how uptime is important.

But you base all your reasoning on a "what if", I see fflogs : with all uptime impacts taken into account already (I insist, this is measured, in fight, with mechanics that force downplay on melees sometime), they are still far behind.

Again, I agree they shouldn't have the same pps output on paper, and for it to be leveled by fight design. But guess what : it is not leveled enough and even if a melee has 96% uptime and a ranged 100%, in current state the Sam will outdo a bard.

It's not a risk anymore when there are strategies build to take that into account and all people (melee, range, caster, helicopter...) manage 97%+ uptime