Quote Originally Posted by Dfess View Post
Physical ranged dps does the least amount of damage in comparison to melee and caster? I never knew this. But, why? Shouldn't all dps be fighting for top parse? I can understand them doing slightly less dps because they are out of the way of most enemy abilities but, from what I'm reading they actually can't top parse meters at all. That kind of sucks honestly.
Melee Has positionals and down time due to boss attacks. Example: Any time the boss does an attack that is an aoe around them

Casters have cast times that require them to plant their butts for the duration of the cast and may have down time due to boss attacks. Example: Boss does Donut AoEs that force a caster to move in close, or an attack that targets a player's position.

Range has no positionals, and no down time. You can cast your attacks at any range, and do so while moving.

Thats why Range DPS has the lowest output. They suffer from the least amount of limitations when it comes to damage dealing. If you think the disparity is too high, thats one thing. But if were talking about balance, then it's set up correctly at the moment. If they all did the same raw DPS in the end (i.e training dummy dps), then it would be more advantageous to a raid to just carry nothing but Bards, MCHs, and Dancers.