Physical range dps damage?

[dinnertime]

Why does ranged have to be the worst dps with the worst utility, when Summoners to have it all and more.

Idk I don’t get why Summoner is allowed to be what’s essentially a support job, except with great dps and high utility, but then the actual role that’s supposed to be ‘support’ can’t have any of those things?

I’m not saying Summoner should be nerfed or anything because that wouldn’t be fair on them, but why can’t ranged have equivalent levels of utility? Would Bard really become a very top dps of them all if it had a regen? If Dancers had raise? Machinists using debuffs?

Idk I guess what I’m saying is, why are these things ‘super-OP’ on ranged, but they’re totally fine when they’re on a caster?

You have to realize that:

SMN's raidwide buff Devotion has the longest cooldown out of all the buffs in the game.
The SMN regen, Everlasting Flight, is not something we could use whenever we want it to. It's tied to Demi-Phoenix and it's never timed for moments where people need healing.
The debuff, Addle, is essentially the same as Troubadour, Tactician and Shield Samba.

Resurrection is probably the most notable support utility SMN has that has made countless debates, but it's still a niche, barely utilized ability. Also Titan-Egi's shield is useful and all but most of the time you'd rather use the other two Egi.

Its support utilities cannot really be compared to most of the physical ranged, because physical ranged does it better and do it more constantly. Still, I agree that physical range definitely needs a lift.