Positionals

[Mavrias]

From my point of view positionals are pure annoyance. Ranged jobs can move freely, and often output higher damage per second, while melees are tied to very tight spot. Most of the time you are forced to ignore them, because newer fights are more "action combat" focused, so you can't just stand wherever you want.
For me they can be removed without changing rotation of any melee job. Only some potency changes would be required.

If a ranged physical job is out dpsing you as a melee, there's more wrong with what you're doing than just positionals.

[CKNovel]

If a ranged physical job is out dpsing you as a melee, there's more wrong with what you're doing than just positionals.

I don't remember it quite well, but I believe someone tried to measure their DPS striking a dummy only on the frontside as a DRG.
The DPS difference was about 500 if I remember well, but that was during the beginning of the expansion.