Caster balance - Progression jobs vs speed

[Sequora]

uh it's not a caster wide problem
it is quite literally a black mage only problem
black mage is the only job in the entire game that is not suitable for progression

and honestly I don't want it to be changed, black mage is enjoyable because you are forced to play much better than everyone else to get the same material reward, but much, much higher spiritual reward.

Black mage is 1/3 of the caster jobs. You're referring to job complexity. They don't have to touch the complexity of the job if they remove raise from rdm and smn. I would prefer SMN to be the mid damage mid utility caster, and red mage to be the high utility, lower damage job.

Raise is unlike any other type of utility in the game. It does nothing unless someone dies. Damage boost is always useful, healing and mitigation, are also useful, but not so strong that you have to significantly balance jobs around it.