What are the largest issues plaguing XIV currently?

[Shurrikhan]

Odd.

I almost never have anyone mention my chosen job in farms, and I'm a SAM.

You're the more reliable of the two currently overpowered jobs. Why would you be questioned?

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

You're the more reliable of the two currently overpowered jobs. Why would you be questioned?

Because SAM is a meme and everyone hates on it for being selfish.


Also, it's not really overpowered, just slightly ahead of the others.

[Absurdity]

Because SAM is a meme and everyone hates on it for being selfish.


Also, it's not really overpowered, just slightly ahead of the others.

I would actually consider BLM to be the bigger meme. I haven't checked since the SMN nerfs but until recently it dealt less dps than a good smn, has no party buffs, no raise and less mobility.

[Shurrikhan]

Because SAM is a meme and everyone hates on it for being selfish.


Also, it's not really overpowered, just slightly ahead of the others.

"Selfish" hasn't been a thing since logs swapped from pDPS-based to rDPS-based. It just means that their performance no longer depends on yours, and vice versa. At this point, the jobs you have to coordinate with and around are the ones that catch more flak.

The gap between SAM and 3rd place is generally the largest gap between any two jobs in the game, save perhaps Physical Ranged and the job immediately above any of them. Given that we typically call Physical Ranged "underpowered", even now, wouldn't that same gap constitute an "overpowered" job when presented in the opposite direction?

I would actually consider BLM to be the bigger meme. I haven't checked since the SMN nerfs but until recently it dealt less dps than a good smn

That is simply nonfactual except at particular percentiles of certain fights.