Should the playerbase stop playing certain jobs?

[CKNovel]

Physical ranged jobs have the amazing benefit of maximum uptime. Having lower damage output is a given.

This is a fake fact and it needs to die.
In fact it needed to die during ShB.

Even when respecting mechanics, melees would miss 10-12 GCDs maximum. It's not enough to justify the gap between ranged and melees.
Don't forget that bosses now have massive hitbox and some even give all positionals for free, not tax, nothing.

We had unfriendly melee content (E5S to E8S), it was the casters who shined the most, not the ranged. RDM was near SAM level in E8S.
And that was the last tier with such mechanics, E9S to E12S were extremely generous with melee uptime, P1S to P4S were also generous and out of the 3 EX, 2 have hitbox that cover half the arena.

Mobility has never been more overrated that now.
Casters and melees are getting easier and easier but they never lost any DPS for it.

Also, that GNB 3 extra seconds? That would just add another GCD in the No mercy window.