Thread: Job Balancing 6.08 (still needs work)

If we balance around the idea of "every job can clear" then there is no problem to buff ranged.
Because all jobs will be able to clear.

With that logic you could put BLM dead last and it wouldn't matter since "every job can clear".

It's true you don't balance a game around speedrun, but this logic applies to "single run" games.
XIV is a game where you repeat tasks and boss battles. Simply repeat boss battle until you can clear it.
That's why XIV deserves a bit more polish on this aspect, because it's designed to be repeated.

We only look at damage because Square Enix decided to strip ranged from anything else
They removed mana song, tp song, strong mitigation without replacing it with anything.
It's not that we choose to focus on damage, it's that SQEX forces us to only bring damage to the group.

Ranged DPS are support DPS with no support, therefore Ranged DPS are DPS.