Quote Originally Posted by ghm12 View Post
With four casts (Ifrit twice, Slipstream, Ruin III filler) in a 60s rotation window? a caster that barely casts, really?


The whole point of casters doing more damage than phys ranged is because they have to stand still to cast, yet they do less damage than the melees overall because they don't have to be in melee range. If you take away casting like SMN did, how are they different from phys ranged other than role actions (addle) or mana management? (which is only an issue if you raise a lot or run high sps builds)

I joined this post to see if people were bothered by BLM leylines timing but I've read 10+ pages about RDM vs SMN. Mobility tax is real, it's one of the reason why BLM is the "turret caster" that deals most damage even though the rotation is "braindead" or "not busy".
Yeah I'm a little surprised too, there's people calling for SMN buffs who in the same breath say jobs like MCH are fine because mobility tax. I'm not saying SMN doesn't need changes, but does mobility tax not apply to jobs that aren't phys ranged? Maybe I'm missing something.